来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第4集 第4集》

• 
  
  They asked schoolteachers,
  调查中询问这些老师
• 
  
  "What do you want for yourself,
  "你想为自己做些什么
• 
  
  what do want for your village, for your school,
  你想为你的村庄 你的学校
• 
  
  and what do you want for your kids?"
  你的孩子们做些什么"
• 
  
  And they would reply. But these guys,
  他们会填调查表 但这些人
• 
  
  they're filling out forms that their superiors in this hierarchical,
  他们知道自己填的表会被上级看到
• 
  
  centralized society are going to look at,
  这个社会是等级森严 高度集权的
• 
  
  and if they write, "Basically they don't understand French,
  如果他们填 "孩子们基本不懂法语
• 
  
  we talk about the great battles of Napoleon,
  我们讨论拿破仑伟大的战争时
• 
  
  but we do it in Auvergnat, in patois,
  用的是奥佛涅语 一种方言
• 
  
  or we do it in Languedocien or we do it in Catalan,
  或用朗格多克语或加泰隆尼亚语
• 
  
  then they're going to get themselves in trouble.
  他们就给自己找麻烦了