来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第2集 第2集》
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you've got cattle but you have enough food你有牛 但是这些食物只能 -
to last for maybe a month;维持大概一个月的时间 -
there's always a lot to drink because of the caves,喝的东西总是不缺的 因为他们有酒窖 -
that is, the wine cellars that people had,就是用来储藏葡萄酒的酒窖 -
but things get worse and worse.不过事态还是变得越来越糟 -
The last regular mail delivery was on September 19th,最后一封常规邮件于九月十九日发出 -
and thereafter they used balloons.在那之后他们只能用热气球传送消息 -
The balloon was invented in the Ardèche热气球是阿尔代什省的蒙戈尔菲耶 -
by Montgolfier in the late eighteenth century,在十八世纪末发明的 -
and the balloon becomes a sort of symbol of perhaps liberty.而从此热气球也成了某种自由的象征 -
The people in Paris are awaiting巴黎民众翘首企盼 -
some sort of military help from the provinces,希望别的省份出兵相助