来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第4集 第4集》

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  the marketplace,which
  这样城邦的标志性建筑
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  also becomes the civic center of these towns,
  和城邦的中心建筑
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  even these grew up later than the polis.
  也是在城邦建立之后才开始发端的
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  They show up a century or more typically
  大多都是在我们知道
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  after we know that there is a polis there,
  这里有座城邦之后的一个世纪左右才建立起来
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  and the agora comes about in a gradual way.
  而且集市的发展是循序渐进的
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  I think you should never imagine in these real old poleis
  我想你一定难以想象这些城邦
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  that got the thing started,
  在刚开始建立的时候
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  that somebody said let's have a polis.
  是某个人拍脑袋的想法
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  Things just happened; they just grew up.
  一切都是循序渐进 逐渐发展的
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  One nice way to think about it--here Athens is helpful.
  一种佐证是...在这里雅典这个例子很有用
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  How many of you ever been to Athens?
  在座有去过雅典的吗