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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  gives us a picture of how things worked
  它向我们展示了它是如何运作的
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  that we wouldn't get any other way.
  在其他文献中都没有类似的记载
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  I'm talking abut the law that was passed on ostracism.
  我们现在谈谈贝壳放逐法
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  Our word ostracism derives from it,
  英语排斥 绝交一词就来自于此
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  but it's something quite different.
  但那时的情况又有些不同
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  If somebody says we're going to ostracize this guy today,
  如果我们说 今天与这个家伙绝交了
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  it means we're not going to invite him for a drink;
  那么 今天我们不会约他一起喝酒
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  we're not going to go to his parties, things like that.
  也不和他一起去派对
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  No this was something far different
  但那时比现在严重得多
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  and was a central part of the political system.
  贝壳放逐体法是当时政治体系的核心
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  Let me begin by simply describing how it worked.
  先让我们来看看这个制度的操作流程
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  Every year, let us say in the month of January,
  每年 比方说一月份