来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：博弈论 第5集 第5集》

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  Certainly, there's a bandwagon effect to this with TV shows.
  当然了 看电视剧也有从众效应的
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  If everybody in America watches the same TV show,
  如果所有美国人都看同一部电视剧
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  which apparently is American Idol these days,
  比说说这几天火的大红大紫的美国偶像
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  then you can also talk about it over lunch.
  那你们共进午餐时就有聊天的话题了
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  Notice that's a really horrible place to coordinate.
  不过请注意这可不是什么好协调的
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  There are similar examples to the American Idol example.
  美国偶像这样的例子多得很
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  When I was growing up in England,
  我小时候在英格兰生活时
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  again I'm going to reveal my age;
  看来我又要暴露自己的年龄了
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  everybody decided that to be an "In" Person in England,
  那时候大家都想成为潮人
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  you had to wear flared trousers.
  那你就要穿喇叭裤
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  This was and so to be in you had to wear flared trousers.
  喇叭裤可是每个潮人的必备
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  This is a horrible coordination problem, right?
  这是一个多么可怕的潮流啊