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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  state structure and the emergence of Britain
  一股重要的世界力量
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  as a significant world power.
  登上政治舞台
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  So that's the rough timeline.
  这就是大概的时间安排
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  Those are the issues which will be covered.
  以上就是我们这学期将关注的议题
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  Obviously, the course has an essentially narrative structure
  很明显 这门课有一个很紧凑叙述结构
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  but it's also very much an analytical narrative.
  不过很大程度也是分析性叙述
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  It's about trying to understand how all of these changes
  最重要的是尽量去理解随着时间的推移
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  intersected with each other,
  这些事件如何互相影响
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  how they influenced each other over time.
  在历史长河中怎么样互相产生作用
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  And I suppose that's what really interests me,
  这也是最吸引我的地方
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  trying to grasp the wholeness of the process of historical
  试着去将历史变化进程看成一个整体
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  change, how it all fits together,
  如何从全局上把握