Birmingham
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an industrial city in the West Midlands of England. It is the second largest city in Britain. Since the late 18th century it has been well known as a centre for business and engineering. In the late 20th century it began to be known also as a centre for the arts. Much of the architecture in the city centre was destroyed in order to build roads in the 1950s and 1960s. 伯明翰（英格兰西米德兰兹郡的工业城市，英国第二大城市。自 18 世纪后期以来一直是著名的商业和工程中心。20 世纪末开始亦被视为艺术中心。在 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代，城市中心的大部分建筑因修路被毁） -
the largest city in the US state of Alabama, sometimes called 'the Magic City'. It is a centre of iron and steel production, which is why it was named after Birmingham, England. In the 1960s it was the scene of many protests by African Americans and other members of the civil rights movement, some of which led to fighting in the streets. Martin Luther King was arrested there in 1963 and wrote his Letter from the Birmingham Jail to explain why he did not obey unfair laws. 伯明翰（美国亚拉巴马州最大城市，有时被称为魔力之城。钢铁业中心，其名字也正源自于英格兰的工业城市伯明翰。20 世纪 60 年代在此地发生了很多由非裔美国人及民权运动成员发起的游行示威，有些甚至引发了街头暴乱。马丁 · 路德 · 金 1963 年在这里被捕，在狱中他写了《来自伯明翰监狱的书简》，阐述他为何拒不服从不公正的法律）