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Improved transportation and road conditions from the eighteenth century onwards enabled the rural population to travel to neighbouring towns where they took advantage of a variety of amusements. 十八世纪以来，交通和道路条件有所改善，农村的人们可以到附近的城镇去，进行多种娱乐活动。 用抽象名词做主语的句子翻译为汉语时，如果直接使用原来的主语非常别扭，经常需要转换为人做主语。这里转换rural population为主语。 把定语从句和主句断开翻译。 Spectator activities increased with the industrialization of the nineteenth century, as theatre, the music halls and sports developed and became available to more people. 剧场、音乐厅和体育运动发展了起来，越来越多的人可以参与其中。因此一些观赏性活动，随着十九世纪工业化的进程，兴盛起来。 industrialization比较抽象，翻译时改为比较具体的名词。 as引导的分句