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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  there is the area of Athens known as the Plaka.
  有一个地方叫做普拉卡
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  It's the oldest inhabited area in Athens,
  那里是雅典最古老的居民区
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  and there you will find that unlike the more modern Athens,
  你会发现那里不像雅典那么先进
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  in which streets laid out at ninety-degree angles perfectly,
  雅典的道路都是呈完美的九十度交叉
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  it's a mess. The streets wind around and
  而那里则是阡陌交通 道路千回百转
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  that's because the original streets followed the way the cattle
  这是因为最初的道路
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  did their wandering, looking for food. These became the roads.
  都是沿着放牛时牛寻找食物的路线而形成的
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  So, I want to stress the sense of natural development,
  我在这里强调 这是一种自然的发展方式
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  not some kind of a central authority making a decision about anything.
  不是某种中央政权进行决议的结果
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  It is also pretty clear that
  而且很明显
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  for some after the foundation of the polis,
  在城邦建立起来之后的相当长的一段时间内
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  there were no city walls.
  都没有城墙