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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  Jews were highly educated,
  犹太人的受教育程度更高
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  in Europe in particular,
  尤其是在欧洲
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  and by the 1920s and '30s in the United States as well.
  在十九世纪二三十年代的美国也是如此
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  Though they are highly educated,
  尽管他们受到了更好的教育
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  well they are less likely to commit suicide.
  他们的自杀率仍然很低
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  So there is a trouble--right?--with his explanatory model--right?
  所以在解释这个模型的时候就有问题了
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  What's going on here.
  这是怎么回事
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  And then he tries to understand what is the purpose of learning?
  涂尔干试图解释人们学习的目的
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  And he said the purpose of learning among Jews is different.
  他说犹太人学习的目的比较特殊
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  And that's the claim.
  他是这么说的
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  A Jew seeks to learn, not in order to replace his collective prejudices,
  犹太人学习 不是为了摒弃社会偏见
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  but merely to better arm for the struggle. Right?
  而只是他用以努力生存的利器