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 yet--there's all this conflicting stuff.
  基本都是这样
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  Let me tell you the next thing I want to tell you about.
  下面我要介绍的是
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  The marriage ceremony in Sparta
  斯巴达的结婚典礼
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  shows you a very odd kind of a thing.
  有一个奇特的部分
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  First of all, it happens--these are all ritual activities,
  其一 它属于祭祀活动
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  but you ritually seize the girl you're going to marry.
  你得通过仪式才能拥有这个女孩
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  It's as though you're saying
  这就好像是
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  that the fundamental basic way you find a family
  组成家庭最简单的方式
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  is you grab a woman and she becomes yours.
  抓住一个女人 拥有她
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  Then the marriage ceremony itself,
  而结婚典礼过程中
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  the girl has her head shaved and she is dressed as a man,
  女孩要剃发并穿男装
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  and sits in a darkened room awaiting her groom
  然后在昏暗的房间等待她的新郎