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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  with the idea that this too would purify the air.
  认为这样也能净化空气
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  Those were authorities who took those measures.
  这些是当权者采取的措施
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  There were also ideas of individual self-protection.
  另外还有一些个人的自我保护的想法
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  And since the cause of the plague
  既然瘟疫的起因
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  was this horrible poisoned air around you,
  是你周围的可怕的有毒空气
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  it was a good idea to have a little vial
  那么 在脖子周围放一小瓶香料
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  of aromatic spices around your neck,
  不失为一个好主意
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  or it might be vinegar;
  或者也可以用醋
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  and tobacco had a certain popularity,
  因为一些人吸烟来保持健康
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  as people smoked their way to health
  所以也有人喜欢用烟草
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  in the seventeenth century.
  在十七世纪
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  It was also wise to shut up windows and doors,
  如果你在室内