来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第12集 第12集》

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  to three out of the four Athenian classes under Solon,
  四分之三的雅典阶层都可以进入议会
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  meant that people actually went to the council chamber,
  这意味着公民确实能够进入议事厅
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  participated in decisions about what was going on.
  并参制定决策
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  To be sure they weren't going to do anything
  在确保他们不违背
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  that the tyrants didn't want,
  僭主意愿的前提下
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  but ninety to ninety five percent of the time,
  当然 事实上 大部分情况下
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  maybe more, the tyrant didn't care,
  僭主对此并不过问
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  so that they were getting
  所以雅典人开始了
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  --this is the point I really want to stress.
  这正是我想强调的
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  They were getting experience in the business of self government.
  他们开启了自治的时代
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  When you do that,
  而当人们一旦尝试
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  I think the history of the world shows
  我认为世界发展的历史会表明