This is racing ahead of the story,

那是这之前的事了
but Louis XVI was a big-time cuckolded guy.

路易十六被戴了个大绿帽子
Because his wife was seriously sleeping around

当他的妻子和人四处鬼混的时候
while he was taking apartand putting back together clocks,

他却正在把钟表拆了又装
which he liked to do in the big house

他喜欢在大房子里做这些
when his wife is out in the bushes, to put it crudely.

而这时他妻子正和别人在树林里打野战
I forgot this is being televised. Anyway, take that back.

忘了我们正在录像收回之前的话
Can you erase that, please?

你们能把那段删了吗拜托了
Anyway, what these people do is over the long run

长远来看这些人的做法
this helps erode respect for the monarchy,

有助于削弱人们对君王的尊敬
and helps us explain why it was in 1789

并帮助我们解释为何在1789年时
you could imagine a world without a king and a world without a queen.

人们能够设想一个没有国王和王后的社会