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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  I mean, there's an argument for quality
  我是说 这是一个
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  as being at the opposite end of quantity. Never mind.
  量变引起质变的问题 算了
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  In any case, those are
  这里我想讲讲
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  some of the strange arrangements that were--
  当时的一些奇怪规定
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  now, when the man gets to be 30
  当一个男人到了三十岁
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  he stops being an instructor in the school.
  他不再在学校里做导师了
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  Now he has his own home, he lives at home with his wife,
  他有自己的家 和妻子住在一起
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  and if he has young children below seven they'd be there,
  他的孩子七岁前也和他住一起
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  and the situation looks more normal,
  这样的情况看起来比较正常
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  except that these Spartan men did not eat dinner at home.
  但是 这些斯巴达男人不在家里吃饭
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  They had their meals together at a common mess,
  他们吃公餐
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  each one of which was called a Syssition,
  称作Syssition