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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Nobody had to move it;没有人能够避免 -
it was an automatic thing.人们会自发讨论 -
The question was,这个问题是 -
"Shall we have an ostracism this year?"今年我们要实行贝壳放逐吗 -
Now, they could debate that question,然后围绕这个问题展开辩论 -
but what they were not debating was who should we ostracize.但他们不讨论谁该被流放 -
That was not at issue.这不是重点 -
The only question was,重点是 -
should we have one this year?我们今年要实行放逐政策吗 -
If a majority said yes, then they would go on.如果大部分人都觉得需要 那就实行 -
If they majority said no,如果大部分都说不要 -
that was it, no ostracism that year.那今年就不实行