来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第5集 第5集》

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  was that where people had in earlier times,
  早些时候人们
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  at the height of the counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation,
  在宗教改革鼎盛时期的
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  in the seventeenth century,
  十七世纪
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  they had left money to have masses said for their souls,
  他们付钱给教会为他们做弥撒
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  or they had left money to Catholic institutions caring for lepers
  或者把钱留给天主教会以救治麻风病人
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  or caring for other sick people,or foundling homes.
  救治其他病人 或是捐给孤儿院
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  And increasingly they stopped doing that,
  然而在他所观察的地区
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  in the areas that he looked at,
  越来越多的人不再这么做
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  and they started leaving money to lay associations,
  他们开始把钱捐给一些世俗组织
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  or to somebody else,
  或是留给其他人
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  to their uncle or to their children,
  像他们的叔叔或是孩子等等
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  and no longer 150 masses
  在他们生死祭时