来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第18集 第18集》

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  You need armies and policemen and tax collectors
  需要靠军队 警察和收税人
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  in order to operate,
  来维持社会运转
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  and the members who are subordinated to your authority
  那些被统治的成员
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  are treated as subjects.
  就是臣民了
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  I mean, I'm also Her Majesty's subject;
  我也是女王陛下的臣民
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  you know, when I got once Australian citizenship,and then,
  因为 当我成为澳大利亚公民的时候
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  you know, the Queen is still the Queen of Australia.
  那会儿 陛下仍是澳大利亚的女王
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  So I'm Her Majesty's subject,
  所以我也算是女王陛下的臣民
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  not simply an Australian citizen. Right?
  而不仅仅是一个澳大利亚公民
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  When there is a person with whom the authority is relied.
  当权威是依赖于某一个人的时候
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  And in some ways in England, and in Australia,
  就好像在英格兰和澳大利亚
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  this is the figure of the queen who does that. Right?
  女王就是权威所依赖的那个人