来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第16集 第16集》

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  very gentile faculty meetings I'm talking about,
  在非犹太人的教职员工会议上
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  those who attend them speak very rarely if ever.
  愿意说话的人及其稀少
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  Why? Why? What is that deters them?
  为什么不开口呢 是什么阻止了他们呢
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  I ask you, for instance,
  我问你们 假如是你
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  you all know the answer but you won't speak up.
  你知道所有的答案却不愿意讲出来
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  Why? Why are you afraid to answer that question;
  为什么 你为什么害怕回答问题呢
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  you know the answer.
  你们知道原因
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  You don't want to look stupid.
  你害怕被当做傻瓜
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  Thank you.
  谢谢
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  That's exactly the reason.
  毫无疑问 就是这个原因
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  People really are afraid of that.
  人们真的很害怕被当做傻瓜
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  They're just afraid that
  人们就是很害怕这个