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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  The last third of the nineteenth century was a time of
  十九世纪后几十年 法国国外正值
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  intense Catholic missionary activity outside of France,
  天主教传教士活动最活跃的时期
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  usually in the French colonies,
  一般是在法国的殖民地
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  and churchgoers in France listened to the appeals of their priests
  那些在法国做礼拜的人 听牧师的话
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  to donate money to help a French missionary
  捐钱支助一个远在
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  from their département away in far-off Indochina or Senegal
  印度支那或撒内加尔的法国教会
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  replace a little bamboo or straw chapel
  让他们把竹棚小礼堂
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  with a proper brick church.
  换成一个正式的砖砌教堂
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  Of course, there was no better way to experience,
  当然 亲身前往
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  or more intense way, I would say, to experience empire
  是体验帝国生活的最好方式
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  than to actually go there, and in the late nineteenth century
  而且在十九世纪末
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  more and more French people did exactly that.
  越来越多的法国人的的确确去了那