来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第23集》

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  do the 1920s and '30s."
  "当然你也可以教法国十九世纪二十年代到三十年代的历史"
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  And I thought, "oh man, I don't want to do that."
  然后我想"哦天哪 我才不想教那个呢"
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  "And then you can do"-- because we live part-time in North
  他们又说"你也可以教美国北部历史"
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  America--"you can do history of North America."
  因为我曾经在那里生活过一段时间
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  And I don't know anything about that.
  但我完全不了解美国北部历史
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  And, so, I'm calling my friends, like David Davis and I'm calling my
  所以我就打了电话给我的朋友大卫·戴维斯
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  editors at OUP and Norton saying please send me all your books
  和牛津大学出版社编辑和诺顿请他们
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  on American history.
  把有关美国历史的书籍给我寄来
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  And, so, I'm sitting around, the night before--I did ridiculous
  然后在傍晚的时候 我就会开始
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  lectures on Quebec.
  可笑地教有关加拿大魁北克的课程
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  I don't know anything about that.
  而我根本就不了解那些东西
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  I must have repeated three times about Louis XIV sending a
  我一定是重复了三次有关路易十四派送