Even in the rich, urbanised Netherlands, coverage outside cities was noticeably patchier.

甚至在富有的，城镇化的荷兰，城市外移动网络的覆盖也是零星点点。

As much as 3% of Earth's landmass has been urbanised, an increase of at least 50% over revious estimates.

多达3%的地球陆地已经被城市化，比之前的估计至少增加了50%。

Today, Singapore's population is 100% urbanised and traditional farmland makes up just 1% of the city's landmass.

今天，新加坡人口 100% 城市化，传统农田仅占城市土地面积的 1%。

But from the 18th through the 20th centuries, the population became increasingly urbanised and people were living in the midst of thousands of strangers.

但从 18 世纪到 20 世纪，人口城市化，人们生活在成千上万的陌生人中间。

Not long ago, if you didn't live in an urbanised area of a major economy, you could forget about high-speed Internet.

不久前，如果你不住在主要经济体的城市化地区，你可能会忘记高速互联网。

Rather, the world of 1913 was quite like that of 2013: modern, substantially urbanised and, even as Woodrow Wilson set about slashing import tariffs, thriving on global trade.

相反，1913年的世界非常类似2013年的世界：它摩登现代，基本实现了城市化，尽管伍德罗•威尔逊严厉抨击进口关税，但世界经济繁荣发展。