a detested rival, or be shut down.

我们讨厌的竞争对手或者关闭
So, what are our kids supposed to do, where are they supposed to go to school?

那我们的孩子怎么办呢到哪里去上学呢
And one day we were convoked to the town hall,

有一天老师让我们在市镇大厅集中
to the mairie, by our schoolteacher.

在mairie[法:市镇大厅]
And our--most of our parents'

而我们的家长会很多时候
meetings with the schoolteacher ended with a bottle of armagnac,

都以喝雅文邑酒[一种葡萄酒]结束
I'm pleased to say,

我很喜欢这样
and we're all dear friends;

而家长和老师都是很好的朋友
even the people that you're not dear friends with you got along with fine.

即使不是很好的朋友也交往得不错
But remember what I said about the role of the school.

但记住我说过学校的地位
The school represented,

学校代表着法国
from the outside, france looking into the village, in principle,

是村子与外面世界的联系原则上