来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第4集 第4集》

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  and he's beginning to write.
  并且开始写作
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  He writes, publishes in 1721 already the Persian Letters--
  他在1721年发表小说《波斯人信札》
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  I talked about this before--
  我之前提到过
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  and then he was elected on the basis of this to Académie fran?aise,
  因此受到法兰西学术院的推崇
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  the French Academy of Sciences and Art--
  主要是科学院及文学院
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  a very big accomplishment at this very early age.
  这是他早年获得的一项重大成就
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  And finally,1748,he publishes the major book.
  最后在1748年出版了他的代表作
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  This is really a very important book.
  非常重要的一部著作
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  I hope you did what I asked,you glanced at it.
  希望你们有按我的要求浏览过这部著作
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  Not an easy read--a bit drier
  与此前的阅读材料相比
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  than some of the texts we read,
  它相当枯燥而难读
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  but very important,fundamentally important stuff.
  却是极为重要的基础文本