来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第7集 第7集》

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  Well, we don't know why they did what they did.
  总之 我们不清楚他们为什么这样做
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  So nonetheless,the desire for a good commercial opportunity
  但是 对于贸易机遇的渴望应该是
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  might well have been one of the elements
  驱使古希腊人背井离乡的
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  that these people who were leaving their home cities sought.
  一个重要因素
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  Then there are less--what's the word I want?
  那么就有更少的 那个词怎么说来着
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  Certainly things that have nothing to do with economics really
  就是那个和经济没什么关系的词
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  -there are politics going on in these states
  当时这些殖民地受政治影响
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  as there always are in any Greek polis.
  就像古希腊其他城市一样
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  There are factions that grow up for one reason or another
  政治派系相继出现
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  and they come into conflict.
  他们之间有很多利益冲突
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  One side wins the argument and the battle,
  若是其中一方获胜
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  and sometimes the ill will is so great
  有时候失势的一方面临威胁