来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第20集 第20集》

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  and he proved now in the most delicate of times,
  在最伤脑筋的时候
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  that essentially he could get the Athenians to do
  基本上他总能让雅典人民
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  what he wanted to do,
  随己心动
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  whether in fact they liked it to begin with or not;
  不管他们一开始是不是情愿
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  he persuaded them to do it.
  他总能说服他们
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  So, I don't think that was really a flaw.
  所以 我认为这真不是个缺陷了
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  The problem was that things went wrong almost immediately and
  问题在于 事态几乎是立即就出了差错
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  then such terrible things were happening
  紧接着灾祸便接踵而至了
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  as did shake his power for a while,
  有那么一阵子 的确撼动了他的权力
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  but even then he came back into power and
  但就算是那样 他还是官复原职
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  still his strategy wasn't working.
  政策依然还是行不通的
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  I think the problem, therefore --
  因此 关于这个问题