来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明第18集》

The reason why it matters substantially is that

这其中的缘由便是
if you want something sculptural,

如果你想要一件雕塑品
if you want something like a piece of architecture,

或者是某样建筑品
the cheapest possible form of stone is an obelisk.

最便宜的可能就是方尖碑
You don't have to do much.

人们不必对其进行过多加工
You just hack it here or there and that's it.

只需劈开石头进行简单修整即可
It has a great advantage, which is that it's Egyptian;

它最大的优点就是是由埃及人发明的
it's pre-Christian again.

它也是前基督教风格
It doesn't require you to distinguish between Protestant,

它不需要人们去辨别新教
Catholic, Jews, or anybody else.

天主教犹太教或者任何其他教派
It's an ecumenical form and it's the most popular one.

它是普世主义风格的也是最流行的
The second problem is that in France, in particular--

第二个问题是在法国某个问题特别突出