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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  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
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  that words means having food, having grain, having bread together
  意思是 一起进餐 吃谷物和面包
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  and there were 15 men to each one of these syssitia, this mess,
  15人一队
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  and they ate together, had their meals together
  他们一起吃饭一起用餐
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  for the rest of their lives.
  之后一辈子都是这样
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  There again, you have a sense of tremendous community building,
  你可以想象一下这种恐怖大公社