来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第8集 第8集》

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  Before I start on today's topic, which is Greek tyranny,
  在我们开始讲古希腊僭主的内容之前
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  I have been asked to say a word on the subject--
  我们首先要做的是
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  well,to answer the question really best I can,
  尽我所知 来回答一个问题
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  if the hoplite phalanx was so stunningly successful
  如果重装步兵方阵在公元前六至四世纪
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  in the period of the sixth, fifth, fourth centuries B.C.,
  如此成功 如此地所向披靡
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  why was it that other peoples, other than the Greeks,
  那为什么在当时 除希腊之外的其余诸国
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  the ones who came in contact with them and saw it
  在战斗中感受过其强大的威力后
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  and were victimized by it, why didn't they adopt it?
  并未采用这种战斗模式呢
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  Well, let me make it perfectly clear like
  好的 需要明确的是
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  all the other interesting questions in this course,
  就像这门课程其他有趣的问题一样