来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第18集》

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  is remembering sacred themes that define nations.
  就是记住那些国家政权成立之时的神圣日子
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  The oddity of the First World War is that these nations were defined
  一战的奇特之处在于
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  first of all because they're a part of imperial powers,
  这些新兴国家最初是依附于那五大帝国的
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  but this war was at the one and the same time the apogee
  然而一战也同时决定了
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  and the beginning and the end of empire.
  一个帝国的生与死
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  Hence, nations that affirm their loyalty to Britain
  因此 那些曾宣誓效忠于大英帝国的国家
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  by dying on the beaches of Gallipoli,
  或于加利波利的沙滩上
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  or in the hills of Gallipoli,
  或于加利波利的山峦中
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  earned the right to break away from Britain.
  赢得了独立的权利 不再依附于英国
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  This sacred moment is
  在这个神圣的时刻
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  how the Great War turned into myth.
  一战因此而变成一场神话
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  If you think this is light, you're mistaken.
  如果你认为这不重要 那你就错了