来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第9集 第9集》

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  that happens to be true and can be exaggerated--the aristocracy,
  虽然这有点夸张 但并非毫无可能
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  you were born into the aristocracy.
  你恰巧生于贵族
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  If you hit the big time and you get lucky,
  如果你生于那个时代并碰巧走运
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  you can buy your way in,
  你可以买到贵族身份并步入其中
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  thanks to the broke French monarchy.
  这都要感谢破败的法国君主制
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  But the ideal aristocrat and this is how an aristocrat
  但是理想中的贵族应该是通过
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  would have talked about him or herself,
  血统和家族来传承的
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  was born into the aristocracy through blood, through family.
  贵族们自己也会为此津津乐道
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  It was an ascribed status.
  他们的地位是靠血缘所获得的
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  In the nineteenth century one of the things
  在十九世纪 与法国大革命和拿破仑掌权
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  that happens with the French Revolution and with Napoleon
  同时出现的一件事就是
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  is that the middle-class person and middle-class values
  中产阶级及其价值观