来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第1集 第1集》

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  And these texts almost defy interpretation by a modern person,
  有些内容是我们现代人很难去理解的
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  unless you have guidance from a historian and expert likemoi.
  除非有一个博学的历史学专家给予指导 比如我
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  Let's do this little trick again.
  我们再来做一个尝试
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  Instead of looking at the documents from the outside,
  除了从全新角度来学习新约外
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  let's look at what would an early Christian church look like
  我们还应该知道早期的基督教会是什么样子的
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  if you were just to stumble upon them?
  万一有天你突然碰见了他们
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  A little imagination.
  大家发挥想象
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  Let's pretend that you're a seamstress.
  假如你现在是一个裁缝
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  You work in a clothing shop in the City of Corinth, in Greece,
  你在古希腊科林斯城一家作坊制衣
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  in the year 56.
  场景设定在公元56年
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  A guy next door to you,
  在你的隔壁住着一个人
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  named Fred,
  叫弗雷德