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 their women engage in dancing and athletics,
  斯巴达女人参与体育竞技和舞蹈活动
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  and in competition and they did so in the nude,
  并且她们和男人们一样
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  just as the boys did,
  也是赤身裸体
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  and so they were not shut away from the boys all the time
  所以在斯巴达 男女之间的接触
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  in the way that Greek girls were kept away from the boys.
  要比在希腊其他地方频繁的多
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  I don't mean to say they were allowed to mingle socially,
  我并不是说男女可以放开交往
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  but that is to say, if the boys were exercising here
  而是 如果男孩们在这里训练
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  the girls might be exercising there, someplace else.
  女孩们会在附近的地方训练
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  They would not be kept so far apart from one another,
  他们不会相隔太远
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  and again, think about all this--
  你们想想
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  all of the things that normal human desires think,
  男女之间的原始欲望
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  how that would get exciting and this kind of stuff
  此类情景会激发他们的欲望