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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  This produces confidence in oneself,
  人就变得更自信
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  and courage,and better knowledge."
  更有勇气 更聪明
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  So you are more courageous,
  你们如果生活在寒冷气候中
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  more active and smarter if you live in cold climates,
  会更有胆量 勇气和智慧
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  like in France or in England.
  比如法国和英国
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  People in hot countries are "Timid, like old men."
  在炎热的国家 人们像老人一样腼腆
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  I'm not all that timid.
  我没老到腼腆的地步
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  And then interestingly,you know,
  有趣的是
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  to sort of distance himself from racism--
  他并不把自己归类为种族歧视者
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  and that's a term which did not exist in his time--
  他那个时代并没有这个词
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  he said even the children of Europeans born inside the Indies
  他认为 一个出生在印度的欧洲儿童
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  lose the courage of the European climate.
  会失去欧洲气候带来的胆量