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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  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
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  of learning how to read and write.
  不明白更高层次教育带来的长远利益
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  So, I got ahold of some statistics on truancy,
  例如 我手头上有一些旷课的数据
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  for example, and that was pretty interesting to see.
  这些数据很有意思
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  And it's quite clear that whenever there was a harvest,
  这些数据很清楚地显示一旦粮食丰收
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  a silkworm harvest in much of the southeast of France,
  如法国东南地区的丝蚕丰收
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  a wine harvest in Champagne
  或是香槟地区产酒了
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  or in Burgundy or in Bordeaux or Languedoc, almost anywhere,
  勃艮第或波尔多或朗格多克 到处产酒
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  or the various harvests that begin in July, usually with the grain,
  或七月开始的作物丰收 通常是谷子
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  the kids just didn't go to school
  孩子们那时就不上学了
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  because they weren't needed there.
  因为家里需要他们
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  But there's always this tension, because parents said,
  但学校和父母间总有种矛盾 父母们说