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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  I am certain we would know that
  我十分确信你们都知道
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  George Washington was the commander of our forces in our battle.
  乔治·华盛顿是战时美国军队的指挥官
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  Those are easy. There's no getting around reading those things,
  这些都是显而易见的 还有些历史是
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  and then it gets to be more interesting as we speculate.
  没有记录的 靠的是人们丰富的联想
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  We would know as a fact that George Washington threw a silver dollar
  我们知道乔治华盛顿曾将一枚银币抛过
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  across the Rappahannock River, except that it's impossible.
  拉帕汉诺克河 但这明显是不可能的
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  So, we would dismiss that one.
  所以这个就算了
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  We would be told that he was very honest and told his father
  我们还被告知他很诚实 因为他告诉父亲
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  he chopped down a cherry tree, which would be baloney,
  他砍倒了一棵樱桃树 这简直是胡扯
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  but we would be told that too. But I think we would be told
  但我们还是会听到这些 除此之外
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  also very many true things, which came down to us.
  我们还会听到一些真实的历史事件
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  So, the hard job would be to select among these legendary things,
  所以困难就在于如何在神话故事中取舍