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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  was never higher than in the eighteenth century;
  素质是最高的
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  it was pretty low in the nineteenth century.
  19世纪的神职人员素质较低
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  But still you have these competing sources to educate the young people.
  孩子们有各种途径得到教育
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  Now, parents often resist their kids going to school.
  但父母却常常不想让孩子上学
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  Why would they want to do that?
  为什么呢
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  Well, mothers are responsible for the household economy.
  因为母亲们掌管着家庭经济
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  You have to have enough money
  要有足够的钱
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  to keep the household going.
  才能养活一个家庭
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  And for very many people, and not just workers and peasants,
  对大多数人来说 不只是工人和农民
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  it was difficult to explain
  要让他们明白
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  what difference in the long run that mattered
  教育的长远利益是很难的
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  if their child learned how to do more than the very minimum
  他们只想让孩子学会基本的读写