来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会 第1集 第1集》

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  The story of these
  这些鲜明的对比
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  and other massive transformations used to
  经常作为
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  be told as a kind of a triumphalist story,
  一种胜利主义的故事来讲
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  an unfolding of British destiny, what people refer to as
  人们将不列颠命运的延伸看作
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  'the Whig interpretation of history',
  对历史的辉格解释
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  a very nationalistic take on the history of this period.
  一种有关当时历史的极端民族主义观点
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  It traced the growth from the sixteenth century of
  它从十六世纪的
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  political liberty, religious freedom,
  政治解放 宗教自由
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  economic opulence,
  经济富裕
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  and world power
  以及稳定上升的世界霸权
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  as a kind of steady upward ascent.
  来描述其成长
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  Sometimes it had to be hard fought against the forces of
  尽管当时的暴政 封建