They actually are dramatic;

他们确实是很引人注目的
they're feeling that this is a dramatic kind of a moment,

他们认为这是个引人注目的时刻
and I don't think you get that sense,

我认为你们不能体会那种感觉
I don't think you get that idea

也不能体会那种观点
unless you remind yourself about contingency,

除非你们能时刻提醒自己事物的意外性
about the fact that there are no predetermined outcomes and

任何事情都不一定会按预期发展
that anything can happen.

任何事都可能发生
I think particularly when you're studying a revolution

尤其是在学革命史时
it's really important to remember contingency,

记住事情的意外性是很重要的
and we will discover what contingency means in this time period

这学期的学习中我们将会发现事物的
over the course of the semester.

意外性意味着什么
And I will end there.

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