来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第16集第16集》

that we all sit still for that kind of thing.

那些有才能的人一动不动地坐着投票
The kind of variety of profession

在社会上
that one can find in our society

我们所能找到的各种职业
is absolutely not to be seen in our government institutions.

决不会出现我们政府机构里的这种情况
Well the Athenians

雅典人决不会允许
would never permit anything so undemocratic as that.

任何像那样的不民主事件发生
Secondly,it is most unlikely that

也最不可能允许
many fools or incompetents

很多傻瓜或是无作为者
played a significant part in public affairs.

却在公共事务中扮演着重要的角色
Of course, that's the flip side of

当然这就是拒绝
rejecting expertise and experience;

专业知识和经验的反面教材
you may end up with people

你最后可能成为那种人