来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第7集 第7集》

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  like London, to empty of their population,
  例如伦敦这样的欧洲大城市
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  when people took the road in flight,
  因人们逃离而人口被清空
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  as plague did in the seventeenth century,
  如同在十七世纪发生瘟疫时的景象
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  and as we shall see, that cholera was to do again.
  以及我们也将看到的 十九世纪
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  in the nineteenth century.
  霍乱爆发时的景象一样
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  And there wasn't an urge to seek scapegoats
  而且 人们也没有急于为
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  for what seemed an almost natural or normal event.
  这一几乎自然或寻常的事件寻找替罪羊
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  But this is a generalization, and there are reports of some
  然而 这仅仅是一个概论
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  who lost their nerve at the approach of smallpox
  事实上确实有关于一些人接近天花病时
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  and sought refuge in flight.
  惊慌失措并逃跑而寻求庇护的报道
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  Let's return to our novel, Henry Esmond.
  现在我们回到小说上
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  There's a heroine, Lady Castlewood,
  小说中的一位女主人公 卡士伍特夫人