Some believe that population is stable in contrast to the eastern portion of the stock which is continuing to decline at probably lower population levels."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

That explains, in large part, why there was such a decline in population, why the Dark Ages were so dark, lots of poverty, lots of starvation, but also, as I suggested when I spoke of this earlier, also the freedom if you could make it, to learn and also to grow stronger.

这解释了,在绝大部分地区,为什么存在着这一类的人口消减,为什么黑暗时代如此黑暗,如此贫困,如此多的饥荒,但是同时,就如在我之前所提到的,同样可以,如果做得到的话,去学习以及使自身强大

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He decided to do this out of his love for the city of Venice and because he thought it was important to put on display the real decline of the population, to raise public awareness.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27