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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  teaching for a month or two,
  教一两个月的书
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  that villages--some were very resourceful
  有些资财充裕的村庄
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  and would start schools,
  会成立学校
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  taking advantage of one of these people
  充分利用这些流动的师资
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  but that the church,
  但当时在教会
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  education was primarily dominated by the Catholic Church,
  学术教育和通俗的大众教育
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  and education in the informal sense as well.
  主要是由天主教教会控制的
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  Now, to be sure five percent of the French population
  那么 法国人口的5%是新教徒
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  were Protestants, more about that when we get to the Dreyfus Affair.
  讲到德雷福斯冤案的时候我们再详细讲
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  But the priest was often, in the^eighteenth century,
  在18世纪的许多村子里
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  the only person who could read in many villages,
  牧师常常是村子里唯一识字的人
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  and his reading knowledge would be basically limited to the bible,
  而他阅读的范围常常仅限于圣经