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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  even had permanent health magistrates,
  有些甚至有永久的卫生地方法官
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  and their example was followed across Europe.
  被整个欧洲纷纷效仿
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  That was one thing, a new authority then.
  第一个措施是一个全新的当局
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  A second plague measure was compulsory burial.
  第二个针对瘟疫的措施是强制埋葬
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  And there were so many dead in a major epidemic
  许多人在流行病肆虐时期死亡
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  that you wanted to dispose of them quickly
  人们需要在尸体污染空气之前
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  before they poisoned the atmosphere,
  迅速处理掉它们
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  and you couldn't bury them individually,
  但是不能一个个的埋掉
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  and so they were cast into common pits, plague pits.
  所以尸体被投入公共的区域 瘟疫坑
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  And this was followed by the destruction by fire
  然后他们的私人物品
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  of their personal effects,
  再被焚化
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  and the banning of funerals and funeral processions,
  同时禁止葬礼和送葬