来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会第2集第2集》

that were bigger than 5,000 inhabitants.

能容纳五千住户的城市里面
5,000 inhabitants was considered a good,

在十六世纪能容纳五千住户的城市
big town in the sixteenth century.

是个大城市了
Wales had a population of only about a quarter of a million

威尔士的人口大约仅有25万人
and even fewer lived in towns.

城市人口就更少了
It's a mountainous region, very few urban settlements

那里还是山区除了沿海一带
except around the coast.

其他地方很少城镇分布
So we're dealing with an overwhelmingly rural society,

因此本课探讨的是一个乡村面积很广的社会
but the commonalty were far from being

但是这个社会里的平民
just an undifferentiated mass of peasants.

并非是一群未分化乡下人
In rural society, beneath the landowning gentlemen

乡村地区在靠收取地租的
who drew their income from rents,

绅士地主之下