The ancient city in the old Greek stories, the one the Greeks besieged for ten years and finally entered by hiding soldiers inside a huge wooden horse. Homer's Iliad is set there.

The ancient city in the old Greek stories古希臘故事裡的那座古城，the one the Greeks besieged for ten years希臘人圍攻了十年 and而且 finally entered最後攻進去 by hiding soldiers inside a huge wooden horse靠著把士兵藏在一隻巨大的木馬裡。Homer's Iliad荷馬的《伊利亞德》 is set there就是以那裡為背景。

For a long time educated people assumed Troy was pure legend, like a dragon. Then in the 1870s a German businessman turned archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, dug at a mound called Hisarlik in northwest Turkey and announced he had found it.

For a long time很長一段時間，educated people受過教育的人 assumed Troy was pure legend以為Troy只是純粹的傳說，like a dragon就像龍一樣。Then後來 in the 1870s在1870年代，a German businessman turned archaeologist一個從商人轉行考古的德國人，Heinrich Schliemann海因里希．施里曼，dug at a mound called Hisarlik in northwest Turkey在土耳其西北一個叫Hisarlik的土丘挖掘 and而且 announced he had found it宣布他找到了。

The honest picture today is more mixed than the school version: archaeologists agree there was a real, rich, walled city there, destroyed and rebuilt many times, and most accept it as the Troy the stories remembered — but whether the war happened as Homer tells it, nobody can show. Schliemann himself dug so roughly that he damaged the very layers that mattered.

The honest picture today今天比較誠實的說法 is more mixed than the school version比課本上的版本複雜：archaeologists考古學家 agree there was a real, rich, walled city there同意那裡真的有一座富裕、有城牆的城市，destroyed and rebuilt many times被摧毀又重建了好幾次，and而且 most accept it as the Troy the stories remembered大多數人也接受那就是故事裡記得的Troy — but不過 whether the war happened as Homer tells it至於戰爭是不是像荷馬講的那樣發生，nobody can show沒有人能證明。Schliemann himselfSchliemann自己 dug so roughly挖得太粗魯 that he damaged the very layers that mattered結果破壞了最重要的地層。

So say 'a real city stood there' with confidence, and 'the war happened' with care.

So所以 say 'a real city stood there' with confidence可以有信心地說「這裡真的有過一座城市」，and而 'the war happened' with care但講「戰爭發生過」要小心一點。

In everyday English the city gives us two live phrases: a Trojan horse, meaning a gift or program that hides an attack inside it (which is why computer viruses of that type are called trojans), and 'to work like a Trojan', meaning to work extremely hard.

In everyday English在日常英文裡，the city這座城 gives us two live phrases給了我們兩個還在用的片語：a Trojan horse特洛伊木馬，meaning a gift or program that hides an attack inside it意思是裡面藏著攻擊的禮物或程式 (which is why computer viruses of that type are called trojans這就是為什麼那類電腦病毒叫trojan)，and而 'to work like a Trojan'「to work like a Trojan」，meaning to work extremely hard意思是拚命工作。

Troy is also a fairly common man's first name, and a place name in the United States.

Troy這個字 is also a fairly common man's first name也是個相當常見的男生名字，and而且 a place name in the United States也是美國的一個地名。