but I think we really don't know the answer to that.

但我们确实不知道答案
I'm sure they range from zero to more than two,

奴隶的人数从零到大于两个
but if you're thinking one or two you're probably right.

很可能是一两个奴隶
The upper classes had larger farms, of course,

上流阶层拥有更大的农场
that would be led out to free tenant farmers or worked by slaves,

这些农场会租给佃农或由奴隶耕种
generally under an overseer, who was himself a slave.

通常有一名监工他自己也是奴隶
Large landowners generally did not have one single great estate.

大地主通常不只有一处田产
In every way I want you to try to get out of your head

我想让你们尽可能不要去想
the picture of slavery in the American South with its plantations

美国南方种植园的奴隶制景况
and great squads of slaves in one place, under one master.

一群奴隶在一个地方受一个奴隶主使唤
That was not the typical way for the Greeks,

古希腊人不是这样的
but rather the wealthy would have several smaller farms

古希腊的富人拥有几个相对小一点的农场