来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第5集 第5集》

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  is being betrayed by bad governments.
  正被迂腐的政府所出卖
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  If this doesn't sound like the French Revolution,
  这些也就是法国大革命的
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  then nothing else will.
  意义所在
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  Those are very important defining moments.
  这些都是决定性时刻
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  The same things happen also in the 1760s and 1770s,
  同样的事也发生在十八世纪六七十年代
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  with various attempts to liberalize the French economy
  当时人们想尽一切办法去开放法国经济
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  that I describe in the book.
  这一点我在书里提到
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  The king's attempt to dispense with the parlements,
  国王试图取消议会
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  which were really noble law courts that were provincial.
  那时议会只是贵族阶层的法院 陈旧迂腐
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  You can read about this.
  你们可以阅读相关材料
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  But the same thing happens.
  不过同样的事发生了
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  This is the point.
  这才是重点