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Granted that the majority are able at last either to own or hire the modern house with all its improvements.
就算大多数人最后能够拥有或租赁到那些有了种种改善的现代房屋吧。
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them.
但当文明改善了房屋的时候，它却没有同时改善了居住在房屋中的人。
It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
文明造出了一座座宫殿，可是要造出贵族和国王却没那么简单。
如果文明人所追求的并不比野蛮人追求的更显高贵，
如果他们把大部分的时间只是浪费在获取粗鄙的必需品和舒适的生活，
why should he have a better dwelling than the former?
那么他拥有比野蛮人更好的住房还有什么意义呢？
词汇提示：
1. granted that conj. 即使，就算
Granted that you are correct, you may find it hard to prove your point.
就算你对，可你要论证这一点却非易事。
2. inhabit v. 居住
Many animals inhabit the forest.
许多动物栖息在森林里。
3. pursuit n. 追求
We work hard in pursuit of happy life.
我们为追求幸福生活而努力工作。
4. gross adj. 粗鲁的
You can tell from his gross language that the man was uneducated.
从他那粗俗的语言可以看出，这个人没受过教育。
5. dwelling n. 住宅
He changed his dwelling recently.
他最近搬了家。
