When he was lodged he liked living in your basic Russian wooden, peasant house, such as you could find on the outskirts of Moscow.

当他要投宿时,他喜欢住在朴素的俄式农舍,就如你能在莫斯科郊外找到的那种

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the outskirts are where the houses, the gardens,

郊外是房子和花园，

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You've got people from the outskirts coming in for food and safety; but, the population is slightly over two million people, and that's a lot of mouths to feed.

人们从郊区前往城市寻求食物和庇护,然而人口数量很快突破了二百万,人人都在等米下锅

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