and balances over the executive branch as well.

也是必需的
Well it comes, you know,who controls what?

当谈到谁来操控时
He puts more emphasis on the executive

他更多地强调以行政机关
limiting the legislatives than the other way around.

来限制立法机关而不是相反
But we will see what the arguments

但我们将会看到
are and what the rationale for this is,

争论和根据的所在
and how this affects,for instance,

以及它如何影响了比如说
the functioning of the U.S.government today.

当今美国政府的功能运作
I think it is not all that far away for the blueprint

我认为今天的美国政府离孟德斯鸠
Montesquieu established way back in the mid-eighteenth century.

在18世纪中叶所画的蓝图并不太远
And then the last issue will be environment--

最后一个问题是环境
how social conditions are shaped by environmental conditions.

环境如何影响社会状况