Kansas is a colony in a certain Greek sense,

堪萨斯是一个希腊式的殖民地
all of these places are.

所有的州都如此
So, that's part of the story of

所以这解释了
why America had the very lucky early history that it had.

为什么美国具有这般幸运的早期历史
So, I think we have to understand that

我认为我们需要明白的是
colonization provided something analogous to that for the Greek people.

殖民为希腊人提供了类似的好处
So now, here we are

那么现在
somewhere in the seventh century,

我们来到了前七世纪的某个时刻
most of these places I've been talking about have been settled,

我所讲到的大多数地方都有希腊人定居
the currents that I have been describing are flowing

我所讲到情况在这些地方产生
and the kinds of problems they have give rise to

大部分城市
what will be felt in most of the towns

都会经历这些状况导致的问题