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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  And also across--there were these images.
  也有十字- 这些是图片
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  In a place called Albert, like Albert, a town in the Somme
  在一个叫艾伯特的地方 索姆的小镇
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  that was completely destroyed, there was a statue of the Virgin
  被完完全全的毁灭了 那儿有一个圣母
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  Mary, on top of a church, and it was hit by a shell,
  玛利亚的塑像 在教堂顶上中弹了
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  and it was hanging by a thread, and soldiers on both sides could see
  被一缕线悬吊着 两边的战士都能看见
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  that, the Virgin Mary hanging by a thread,
  圣母玛利亚被一缕线悬吊着
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  and every day people think it's going to get hit again,
  人们每天都会想着它会再次被袭击
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  and it's going to fall down.
  然后掉落下来
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  And it became-- that too became sort of a myth about
  它成了带一点神话性的象征意味
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  if it falls it's going to sign-- show that France is going to lose
  如果它掉落了就会意味着法国会输
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  and all of that.
  和类似的一些东西
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  And a lot of these towns like Arras and Reims--that's how the
  许多像阿拉斯和兰斯这样的小镇