来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第14集 第14集》

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  named after the same river, the same small river.
  同一条小河命名的
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  And, so, real estate is exchanged in terms of yards,
  地界以码[一码为0.914米]
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  not in terms of-- it's won or lost at the expense of
  为单位交易 多少战士拼却生死到头来
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  all these lives in a matter of not kilometers but yards;
  不过是几码地的区别 连千米都不是
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  and kilometers, gains of a couple of kilometers are
  以千米为计的胜利
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  celebrated by the hysterical press on both sides.
  则会被双方的媒体浓墨重彩地报道
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  And these are very old stories, but it's still true that things appeared,
  有些轶闻很老了 但是真事
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  for example-- and the French press had their counterparts elsewhere
  比如-不仅仅是法国媒体发表这样的言论
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  -- that French bodies that are decomposing
  -法军的尸体腐败发出的气味
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  don't smell the way that German bodies that are decomposing,
  与腐败的德军尸体不同
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  that was one story.
  这只是一则故事
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  Or that the German shells are so badly made--the expression was
  还有传闻说德军的炮弹质量差劲