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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  or deadly certain. But that's what I'm talking about here. Finally,
  但这也正是我要说的 最后
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  there is the source that people who are skeptical most like to believe
  对于怀疑论者还有一类资料是值得深入研究的
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  because it's tangible. I'm talking about archaeology,
  因为它们是可触及的实物 这就是考古学
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  which is the discovery, examination,
  它包括探索 研究
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  and evaluation of material evidence,
  和评估文物古迹
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  which is not in writing, the actual remains of places
  这些并不是文字 而是先人们的遗迹
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  where they lived, the implements that they used and so on, and so on.
  他们生产生活所使用的工具 等等
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  And the beautiful thing about that is you actually have it.
  最重要的是我们能看得到摸得着
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  It's objective. It's an object.
  它是客观存在的物体 一个实物
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  It's not something that somebody imagined,
  这并非某个人的天马行空
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  but you shouldn't derive as much confidence from it
  但我们仍然不能像许多考古学家认为的那样
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  as a lot of archaeologists like to, because it's only a thing
  能从中获取什么重要信息 因为它只是