来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第4集 第4集》

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  people who believe in modernization
  相信事物都要经过现代化进程的人
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  and that everything has to pass though modernization,
  也就是所有事物都要经过现代化
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  believe that history runs on railroad tracks,
  认为历史是由铁路建设推动的
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  and all you have to know
  人们关心的仅仅是
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  is when the train arrives in the station,
  是火车交通合适覆盖该地区
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  and that you forget people along the way.
  而忽略了人本身的意义
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  A friend of mine once said,
  我的一个朋友曾说过
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  "It's bitter hard to write the history of remainders."
  "记录历史的废墟是十分困难的"
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  That's something that's always haunted me, that phrase;
  这句话常常缠绕着我的心
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  people who weren't modern and therefore
  落后的人们没有意思
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  aren't interesting and shouldn't be studied.
  于是不应该研究他们
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  But in fact the roads,
  但实际上 公路