来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第14集 第14集》

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  and they're now big enough that
  而且现在已经固若金汤
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  we can defend ourselves against them,
  我们可以靠它来保卫自己
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  and what are you going to do about it?
  你们有意见吗
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  Then he delivers a speech,
  然后他就发表了一通演说
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  which is a kind of a declaration,
  差不多算是一种宣言吧
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  not so much of independence as of equivalence to the Spartans.
  不是独立宣言 而是要求与斯巴达地位平等
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  His message was, we don't take orders from you;
  他的中心思想是 我们不再听命于你们
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  keep your advice to yourself,
  不要再对我们发号施令
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  we'll take care of ourselves,
  我们会管好我们自己
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  you take care of yourselves.
  你们则管好你们自己
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  You are not our superiors.
  我们之间没有等级关系
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  We are your equals was the essence of what he said.
  我们是平等的 这就是他的中心意思