to do with that French birthrate, is that they know,

法国的出生率有关德国人知道
because they have more children, they can afford to lose more German

他们会有更多青年因而他们能承受
soldiers; that is, if you were German,

更大的伤亡即是说若你是德国人
you guys, then the French, that is you guys, or the British,

你们是法国人而你们是英国人
you guys, if you were French or you were British.

你们如果你是法国人或是英国人
And by the way to say "guys," it's not at all to denigrate the role of

我用"guys"这个词并非为贬低
women in the war, more about that next lecture,

战争中的女性下堂课我会详述
to a great extent, because that's extremely important,

非常详尽因为它非常重要
because somebody had to step up in the factories and all of that.

你们有人会步入这类领域
But General Falkenhein, the commander, simply says,

但是指挥官 Falkenhein将军说
"we will bleed them so that they will be forced to negotiate

我们会让他们流血他们会被迫和解
and to sue for peace.

进而寻求和平