1·So when the Macedonians said they planned to put up a statue of Alexander in the centre of Skopje, many assumed it was a joke to rile the Greeks, who see him as central to their history and culture.
随后马其顿声称要在斯科普里中心建一座亚历山大大帝的铜像，起初很多人以为这仅是一个为了抨击希腊人的玩笑话，为了讽刺希腊总自诩为历史和文化中心。
2·At the camp in Skopje, Hillary, Chelsea, and I got to visit with some of them and hear the horrible stories of what they had endured.
在斯科普里的难民营，我、希拉里、切尔西一同慰问了部分难民，倾听了他们的悲惨经历和可怕遭遇。
3·Election officials said two separate shootings occurred in the village of Aracinovo, near the capital, Skopje.
选举官员说，在首都斯科普里附近的阿拉西诺沃村发生了两起枪击事件。
4·The region is seismically active and has been subject to destructive earthquakes in the past, most recently in 1963 when Skopje was heavily damaged by a major earthquake.
地震频繁且过去已经历多次破坏性地震, 最近的一次是在 1963 年，斯科普里遭到地震的严重破坏。
5·The whole area, which was more or less empty, was the old Jewish quarter of Skopje, many of whose remaining houses collapsed in a devastating earthquake in 1963.
这里曾是斯科普里犹太人聚居地，1963年那场毁灭性大地震将仅存下来的犹太人故居也震垮了。