来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会 第2集 第2集》

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  They contained merchants.
  职业结构包含了商人
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  They contained manufacturers.
  包含了制造商
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  They contained the small number of highly
  还包括了少数颇有名望的
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  prestigious professional people; lawyers, physicians.
  专业人士 律师 医师
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  They contained more clergy than country villages
  相较于乡村 城市里有更多神职人员
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  and they contained also large numbers of unskilled laborers.
  还有更多的体力劳动者
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  So much for the range of occupations,
  城市的行业众多
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  but within that range there were considerable
  但是众多行业也造成了
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  differentials of wealth and status.
  财富和身份的重大差异
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  At the top the great merchants of the cities
  在城市中
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  could be men of prodigious wealth
  那些财力雄厚的商人
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  who were generally also the rulers of their towns.
  他们渐渐组成该市的统治阶级