来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第13集 第13集》

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  only about four or five percent of the population of Italy,
  在整个靴子型的亚平宁半岛
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  of the whole boot and Sicily,
  以及西西里岛
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  spoke what is now considered to be Italian.
  只有4%到5%的人说意大利语
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  The case of France, which I know more about,
  而在法国 我所知更详
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  is equally fascinating because of the time of the French
  法国大革命时
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  Revolution half the French population did not speak French.
  令人惊奇的是近一半法国人不会说法语
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  There was a lot of bilingualism,
  有很多人会说两种语言
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  but they did not speak French.
  但不包括法语
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  If you imagine a map of France,
  如果你们想象一张法国地图
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  and I think I went through this very quickly before,
  我觉得我之前一笔带过这些内容
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  but if you imagine a map of France
  当你们想象一张法国地图
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  and if you start at the top,
  从上往下