来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第7集 第7集》

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  for trading purposes,
  这样便于贸易往来
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  some of them are not, but all of them have a land supply
  有些则在内陆 但是它们都有大片的耕地
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  which permits the citizens to farm successfully
  这样才能提供充足的粮食
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  and thereby to make the polis succeed.
  城邦才得以发展壮大
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  But I don't think that's the only answer.
  但这只是其中一点原因
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  I think the desire for commerce would have been also--
  对于贸易的渴望也是另外一个因素
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  I agree with the traditional view which is that
  我也觉得传统观点是对的
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  this would have been at a lesser consideration, but still very important,
  那就是这也许不是最先考虑的 但仍很重要
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  because we so often find
  因为我们通常都认为
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  that the colony is placed right at a nifty place for trade.
  殖民地都是建立在便于贸易的位置
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  They would have had to be damn fools
  如果不是这样的话
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  to have settled there without that being in their minds,
  他们的脑子就是进水了