In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

  • -- Stephen Gardiner 斯蒂芬·加得纳

在像雅典这样的城市,尽管有豪华的公共建筑,贫穷的房屋仍然排列在狭窄曲折的街道两旁。

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When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.

当你在电视上或者在别人家里的时候——任何人都能看到你做的任何事情,这很好,但是有时候你会觉得自己被老大哥监视着。即使人们不知道你是谁,你也会有被监视的感觉。

What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city.

我所收集到的东西并不是这座城市的钥匙,在很多城市都是如此。这是自由勋章,对我来说,自由一直与这座城市的传统联系在一起。

London, thou art the flower of cities all!

伦敦,你是城市之花!

I don't like being in houses alone.

我不喜欢一个人呆在房子里。