来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第11集 第11集》

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  I think is twofold.
  我认为是双重的
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  Of course, inherently,
  当然 从天性上讲
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  Athenians would have been bothered by all of this,
  每一个雅典人都应为此而忧心忡忡
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  even those who were not the ones who did the suffering.
  包括那些锦衣玉食的上层阶级
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  But it's amazing how we all are able to bear
  但奇怪的是 只要我们自己过得好
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  the suffering of our neighbor, if we're not suffering too.
  我们就可以对身边人的苦难无动于衷
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  However, the second element I think
  而第二个我认为
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  that put pressure on everybody,
  使每个人都感到有压力的因素是
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  was next door in Megara when things had gone bad for the poor,
  邻邦麦加拉穷人的日子越来越难过
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  there was a revolution and a tyranny was established,
  于是他们掀起了革命 建立了独裁政府
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  and so it was down the road in Corinth,
  走上了与科林斯相同的道路
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  and so it was a little further down the road in Scythian,
  比塞西亚人更远了一步