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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  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
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  and that's the best reason for doing an outline course
  也许这就是上这门概论课
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  of this kind.
  的最佳原因
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  It enables you to see these developments in the round;
  它能让你用整体的思维去看待事物的发展
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  all the different aspects; how they intersect.
  看到事情的不同方面 事件如何互相作用
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  Now the readings which are suggested on the syllabus will
  现在 教学大纲上推荐的阅读