I'm going to talk a little bit about a theme that's rather interesting,

我要谈一点有趣的话题
and that's why European suburbs are so different than American suburbs--

为什么欧洲郊区和美国郊区如此不同
more about that in a minute.

1分钟后会谈更多
But the walls around Paris, when they lost their military

巴黎周围的城墙失去军事
purposes, still had a fiscal purpose which was to provide a means of

作用时还有财政作用
collecting taxes on what you brought into town.

对带入城的东西征税
And this wall, or this taxing apparatus,

这个城墙或者税务器械
is called in French the octroi, o-c-t-r-o-i.

法文里叫货物入市税
And I love these little buildings.

我喜欢这个小建筑
You can see some near Nation, Place de la Nation, and other--

你看到国家广场附近或者
in Thar-cor, in the Loire, there's a fantastic one,

在卢瓦尔河这是个很好的建筑
you see them all over the place, and they're just beautiful.

你看到他们到处都是优美的建筑