was the kind of government that France has.

与法国政府所想的是如此不协调
How does that happen?

这是如何发生的
That is really extraordinary.

这实际上很离奇
Well, it has to do with fear of Germany,

他们要做些德国感到担忧的事情
but there are other things that I should mention

但另一件事情我要提一下
just briefly that drive these two improbable powers together and

简单地说要促成两个不太可能的国家结盟
besides the cultural factor, because lots of people,

除了文化因素外还因为很多人
lots of the Russian elite, some spoke German,

很多俄国精英一些讲德语的人
depending on where they live.

依赖于他们住的地方
In Konigsburg and places like that they spoke German.

在柯尼斯堡和这些说德语的地方
But lots of them spoke French

但他们更多的人说法语
and you had these sort of cultural ties.

他们有这种类似的文化纽带