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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  the agora is fenced off,
  会场会戒备森严
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  and there are ten gates in the fences,
  在栅栏里有十道门
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  one for each tribe,
  每个部族一道门
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  and every citizen who wishes,
  任何一个打算投票的公民
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  goes with a piece of broken pottery.
  带一块陶瓷碎片去就可以了
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  Someone has described it as the scrap paper of antiquity,
  有人将其描述为古代的便签条
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  and with whatever you could get, piece of glass,
  你可以使用任何能得到的物体 如一块玻璃
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  crayon, or whatever,
  碳笔 或其它东西
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  you would simply write the name of a man
  你仅仅需要写上
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  that you would like to see ostracized that year.
  那位今年你想流放之人的大名
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  You would go to the gate.
  然后你来到大门那
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  There would be some people at the gate,
  门口会有人把守