来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第24集》

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  He has this interesting idea that what is normal is the kind of typical.
  他的想法很有意思 常态就是典型的
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  To put it very crudely, normal is kind of the average.
  简单来说 常态的就是平均的
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  If it is too much or too little,
  如果太多或者太少
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  this is pathological or abnormal;
  就是病态的 或者说不正常的
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  That is the idea.
  就是这个意思
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  So therefore one dimension in which he uses the typology is integration
  在分类标准中其中一个标准就是集体性
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  right?--how well integrated we are into a social group we are in.
  我们和我们所处的集体结合得有多紧密
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  And that can be too high or it can be too low. Right?
  集体性可能过高 也可能过低
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  And both too high integration and too low integration can be
  过高或者过低都有可能造成
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  the cause of social pathologies.
  社会病态
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  And one of the social pathologies is that you kill yourself. Right?
  自杀就是社会病态之一
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  And the other dimension is regulation;
  另外一个因素是规范性