Civilization involves the establishment of permanent dwelling areas that we call cities, as opposed to villages.

文明意味着建立起一个我们称之为"城市"的,永久性住宅区,和村庄相对

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I live in an area called Cobble Hill, which was an Italian neighborhood at one point, and it changed.

我住在一个叫科布尔山的地方，那儿曾经是个意大利住宅区，后来它变了。

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There's not like stores or restaurants or any place to go. It's just pretty much like housing areas,

那里没有商店、旅馆或者其他值得游玩的地方。它就只像是一个住宅区。

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I live on the Upper West Side, which is a very dynamic neighborhood.

我所在的上西区是一个非常有活力的住宅区。

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The neighborhood I live in is actually a Polish neighborhood, Greenpoint.

我住的那个小区就是一个波兰住宅区，叫绿点。

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