来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第7集第7集》

What is more typical, I think, is that he thinks,

比较常见的是我觉得他会说
I would like to take and have found a colony

我想要在西西里的东南海岸
on the southeastern coast of Sicily. Why?

建立一个殖民地为什么呢
Because he knows something about it;

因为他要对选址地有所了解
either he has somehow traveled out there himself and said,

可能他曾到此旅行过
the place I'm thinking about has a wonderful harbor,

他觉得这个地方是个绝佳的港口
it has good farmland in the neighborhood,

周边有丰富肥沃的土地
and a critical element to making this judgment is that it

还有另外一个重要的决定因素是
is not occupied by hostile natives

这里没有被当地敌对部落占领
who will resist vigorously your landing there.

那些人会不断骚扰殖民地
Either there will be nobody there

所以要么那个地方没有人烟
or more likely there will be not a very big population,

要么就是人口稀少的部落