and early 1970s

和70年代初期
patois was still spoken in many households.

很多家庭还是说方言的
And when the classic, kind of eternal triangle,

于是这经典三角关系
that is, the parents, the school kid and the teacher,

也就是父母孩子与老师的关系
was often then had something to do with language,

总是与语言有关
because the parents felt themselves at a disadvantage

因为父母感觉到自己处于不利的地位
because their French wasn't as good as their patois;

因为他们法语说得没有方言好
and this isn't the 1860s, this is the 1960s.

这不是19世纪60年代是20世纪
And in Corsica there's still people who speak Corsican language

在科西嘉岛仍然有人说科西嘉的语言
but basically almost everybody now speaks French.

但基本上人人都会说法语
And even in the movie I mentioned this the other day

甚至在我那天提到的电影里面
by Jean, Jean de Florette, and all of that,

《恋恋山城》