来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：环境政治与法律 第1集 第1集》

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  you see what's thought of as the savage state.
  是还未开化的阶段
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  And this is Thomas Cole's obvious interpretation
  托马斯·柯尔此刻是在明确
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  of the evolution of civilization.
  文明的进化
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  So the savage state is wild, it's hostile.
  所以未开化阶段的环境荒凉恶劣
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  I think of it in a way as being wild lands,
  可以说是荒地
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  and I've always had a strong fascination for wild lands.
  我总是对荒地着迷
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  When I was a child, my dad always took me camping
  父亲总是带着小时候的我去野营
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  or hiking up in the White Mountains in New Hampshire
  或去新罕布什尔的怀特山徒步旅行
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  or the Adirondacks or up in Vermont.
  或去佛蒙特州的阿迪朗达克山脉
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  They really caused me to have not just a fascination with it,
  所以我不仅痴迷于此
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  but also a love of it.
  而且还生出爱来
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  Thinking about how society might move from the savage
  想想社会是怎么从荒地而来