来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第9集 第9集》

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  and that is the proper Greek name for it,
  这是其希腊语的专属名称
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  but the capital city of it
  但是其首都的名字
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  was Sparta and its people were called Spartans.
  叫做斯巴达 其人民称为斯巴达人
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  So, it's okay to keep talking about Sparta and Spartans.
  那么 咱们继续讨论斯巴达和斯巴达人
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  Now, when you come to Sparta you are coming to a polis
  当你来到斯巴达 你就来到了那个
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  that you almost want to spell it in capital letters
  恨不得用大写字母来拼写它的名字
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  with stars between them.
  并且还想在其中加星标的城邦
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  It's like the polis lifted to a new level
  从各种理论和心理因素上说
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  in the sense of all the sort of theoretical elements
  这犹如把城邦抬高到了一个新的层次
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  and psychological elements that go into creating a polis
  而这些形成城邦的因素
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  is intensified in Sparta to such a degree
  在斯巴达被升华至一个
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  that it seems to be almost a different thing.
  不同以往的层次