来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  He does tell you all about the legends first,
  他先将神话传说展示给读者
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  but he puts them aside and says
  然后将其放到一边 对读者说
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  they're just legends--now let's talk history,
  这些只是神话而已 现在咱们说说历史
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  and he doesn't begin that until the eight century B.C.
  而他讲的历史是从公元前八世纪开始的
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  And so there is this critical school that says,
  有批评家指出
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  "I won't believe anything unless it is proven to me."
  "我不会相信没有证据的历史"
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  At the other extreme, there's me,
  而另外一个极端 也就是鄙人
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  the most gullible historian imaginable. My principle is this.
  史上最混沌的历史学家 我的观点是
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  I believe anything written in ancient Latin or Greek
  我相信一切拉丁语或古希腊语的历史文献
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  unless I can't. Now, things that prevent me
  除非我看不懂 现在的问题在于
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  from believing what I read are that they are internally contradictory,
  有些历史文献本身就是矛盾的
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  or what they say is impossible,
  有些则是无稽之谈 还有一些内容