来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第18集》

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  that show professional mourners, women who have tears
  早在法老时期 就有专业的女性哀悼者
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  painted on their cheeks, from the time of the pharaohs.
  她们在面颊上画满眼泪
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  Whether that is true or not, the notion of Mater Dolorosa,
  不论这是否真实 圣母玛利亚
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  Stabat Mater, "His mother was there,"
  圣母悼歌唱到 "他的母亲在这儿"
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  is a Catholic trope of great power
  圣母玛利亚在天主教中用来比喻至高无上的权利
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  and importance in understanding how societies configure loss of life in war.
  和重要意义 以便理解社会如何处理战争死亡
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  So, the first point is that women and children,
  因此 首先是妇女和儿童
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  families are there.
  以及家人都在场
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  The second is there is a didactic function.
  接下来是的流程会起到一些说教作用
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  School children come there.
  学童们会到场
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  This, I think, is a very important point to bear in mind.
  我想 这也是十分重要的一点
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  Overwhelmingly, and this is true in Germany until the 1930s,
  德国人一直这么做直到二十世纪三十年代