来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第3集 第3集》

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  and it would cause local problems.
  这又引起了当地的一些问题
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  But these were not problems brought on by the Romans,
  这些问题不是由罗马人引起的
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  these were local problems, and part of it was precisely
  这些是地方性问题
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  because the Jews had been recognized by the Romans as
  其中一些恰恰是由于犹太人为罗马人所认可
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  having a special status in some places,
  在某些地方享有超然地位
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  and this caused some kind of local resentment.
  而引发了当地民众的不满
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  As we'll see, though, the very fact that the
  我们看到的事实是
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  Romans had allowed this one universal empire,
  罗马人成就了一个
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  that had been created by Alexander originally,
  由亚历山大开创的大同的希腊式帝国
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  and with a Greek veneer, and they allowed the West to
  他们让西方国家保持拉丁文化
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  stay Latin and the East to stay Greek,
  东方留存希腊文化
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  and they melded these two different things--
  融合两种文化