and also to read the books.

为什么读书
But, one of the things I'm interested in is national identity,

不过有一个我感兴趣的就是国家身份
in fact because we kind of have complex attitudes

其实因为我们对于自己身份
toward our own identity I suppose, me and my family.

的看法比较复杂我和我的家庭
But, if you took--and a few of you

不过如果你你们有的人
have heard me say this before so forgive me--

可能以前听我说过这样的那先担待着
in 1789 if you tried to guess how many people spoke French,

在1789年有多少人说说法语
in France, you might come up with eighty percent as a guess

在法国你可能猜百分之八十
or ninety or whatever--it was about fifty percent.

或者九十或者随便多少其实是大概百分之五十
Some people were bilingual. So, what did they speak?

有的人说两种语言那么他们都说什么
Well, start anywhere you want. Breton, which is a language

从哪开始都行布列塔尼语
that has nothing to do with French at all--

这个语言和法语没有任何关系