"These ideas are probably better seen in some European communities where they have a long tradition of trying to preserve their historical development identity and had,in the past, much more orientation to walking and the use of transit.

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I suppose the first apparently historical event that we know something about is the first Olympic Games, which according to Greek tradition were held in 776 B.C.

我认为第一个已知的重大历史事件,就是第一次奥林匹克运动会,根据希腊人的口头传述,那是发生在公元前七百七十六年

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