more than ever identified with leisure and with consumerism,

被视为休闲和消费主义的代名词
had become a permanent exposition in itself,

已经成为它自己的永久展览
its boulevards the staging ground,

华丽的大道是它的舞台
as you shall see later in the course, for the Belle époque.

你们会在这门课后面了解这段被称为美丽时期的欧洲社会史
Department stores welcomed clients with dazzling electric lights

百货公司闪烁霓虹灯招徕客人
and arranged shop windows inspiring Zola to call them '

精心陈设的橱窗引得左拉[法国知名作家]称其为
the cathedrals of modernity."

摩登教堂
The aisles of the department stores were,

百货公司的走廊
as has been argued, a continuation of the

被争议的称为
great boulevards themselves.

华丽街道的延续
In contrast, the poor workers lived along the narrow grey streets

对比之下贫穷的工人生活在狭窄灰色的街区中
of the quartiers populaires

下等工人和散漫的波希米亚式生活的人的聚居地