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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  until you say what it means, until you put a date on it,
  一个物体 是人们赋予它意义
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  until you try to understand what it really is,
  或标注年代 或真正了解它的本质
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  what its function was, who brought it there,
  它的功用 它的来历
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  who left it there. All those things have to be
  它的历史 所有的这些
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  reasoned out from all the evidence, all the information
  都是从证据中得来的 从所有
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  you can get. So there's an astonishing amount
  我们能获取的信息中得来的 所以所谓的
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  of speculation involved in establishing this apparently
  客观细致的研究方法[考古学]包含了
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  rigorous objective technique. We certainly need to use it
  很多主观上的猜想和臆断 我的观点是
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  and we need to use it as carefully, that's my point,
  我们需要正确地来运用考古发现
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  as we use everything else. But it is indeed very valuable
  做其它事也应如此 一直以来
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  in studying a world before our time, always.
  学习和研究古文明是非常有意义的
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  Now, we mentioned how important the poems are.
  现在 我们知道了诗歌的重要性