来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第13集 第13集》

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  guarantees that the British will go to war.
  保证英国人也会加入战争
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  Why?
  为什么
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  For the British it seemed bad enough
  因为英国人看起来足够坏
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  to have the French across the channel,
  以至于让法国人可以穿过英吉利海峡
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  but what if you have the Germans in Belgium, in Austen,
  但如果让德国人进入比利时 进入奥斯汀
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  which is a short hop across the channel,
  这个穿越英吉利海峡的跳板
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  and really is the shortest way
  实际上这是穿越海峡的最短的线路
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  or one of the two shortest ways to get across.
  或者说最短的线路之一
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  So, that's impossible, you can't have that,
  因此 这是不可能的 大家不允许这样
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  so you're going to go to war.
  于是就开始了战争
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  Now, was that a risk
  这是一次冒险
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  why was that a risk that Germans were willing to take?
  为什么德国人乐意实施这次冒险的计划