来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第4集 第4集》

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  And, so, the search in the city
  因此 搜索城市
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  was for a corrupting agent.
  是为了寻找腐败的媒介
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  What did people who had this idea,
  对于有这种思想
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  this medical philosophy of bubonic plague--
  这种关于黑死病的医药哲学思想的人来说
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  where would their suspicious alight?
  他们会怀疑哪方面呢
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  Well, first they would fall on foul odors;
  首先 他们会怀疑到臭气
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  and these were plentiful in an early modern city.
  这在近代城市是很常见的
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  There was the night soil
  比如 人们从门窗中
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  that people hurled from their windows and doors,
  扔出去的粪便
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  the offal that butchers swept into the streets.
  屠夫倒入街道的残渣
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  There were the products,
  那些会发出臭味的行业
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  the noxious products,
  所产生的