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 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
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  unit building. What is that?
  这是按什么单位算的
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  About the size of a platoon isn't it,
  一个排的规模吗
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  or is it a squad? The size of a squad.
  或者说班 一个班的规模
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  Everything in this thing is military.
  所有这些都与军事有关
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  Now, think about the kind of a loyalty to one another,
  想想这种相互之间的忠诚
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  which we have learned and is so critical to success in warfare
  我们知道这种忠诚对取胜至关重要
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  that came from people who had come through that system
  这种忠诚来自于那些经历过那个军事系统
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  and were fighting, as they did, right next to the guys
  同战友们吃在一起