来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第12集 第12集》

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  So, my first point is that in these decades after 1871
  所以我首先要说的是 1871年后
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  French nationalism became increasingly inseparable
  法国民族主义与强大殖民帝国的概念
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  from the idea of a large and strong colonial empire.
  变得越来越难分开
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  France had had colonies for a long time,
  法兰西过去曾有过殖民地
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  but the fusion of a more modern and mass form of nationalism
  但将殖民主义同一种更为现代 更加广泛的
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  with colonialism was new in French history, to this period,
  民族主义融合 在法国历史上还是第一次
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  and it was something that drove the explosion of the French Empire,
  这导致了法兰西帝国的扩张
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  that I just described,
  如上所述
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  to its heights in the years just after World War I.
  在一战后达到了高峰
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  The second point that I want to make about the novel
  关于这篇小说我想讲的第二点
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  is simply that it was a novel.
  简单明了 即它是一篇小说
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  It was one of many novels written about empire during this period.
  是描写这段时期帝国统治的众多小说之一