London, already by the late sixteenth century, one-sixth of all the people, I think this is E.A. Wrigley who pointed this out a long time ago--one-sixth of all the people in England went to London frequently, because London was absolutely gigantic as a city.

伦敦,早在十六世纪后期,六分之一的人口,我想是E.A莱格力很久以前给出的这个数据,他指出,当时有六分之一的英国人,会经常去伦敦,因为伦敦当时是个巨型城市

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One of the great short stories of the last century begins with a sentence by Franz Kafka: "As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."

上世纪最伟大的短篇小说之一,弗朗茨·卡夫卡所写的名篇是这样开头的,"一天早晨,格里高尔·萨姆沙,从不安的睡梦中醒来,发现自己躺在床上,变成了一只巨大的甲虫"

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