来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第3集 第3集》

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  that Paris is overly dominant, has not changed at all.
  巴黎的绝对支配地位丝毫没有变化过
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  And Balzac, to go back to Balzac,
  而巴尔扎克 讲回巴尔扎克
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  he put it the way Parisians view the provinces,
  他使巴黎人对乡下产生先入为主的印象
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  and this is still the case.
  这种印象一直保持到现在
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  He described provincials as being dominated
  他把乡下人描绘成在小城镇中
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  by routine and monotony in their small towns,
  过着千篇一律的单调生活
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  that they're all the same, he wrote,
  他写道 他们全是一个模子里刻出来的
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  which is obviously not the case.
  情况显然不是这样
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  He says,"provincials are like mold,
  他说 乡下人就像模子里刻出来的
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  burrowing in their little plots,
  在他们的自留地里乱挖一气
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  or frogs at the bottom of their puddles,
  或者在泥浆里面挖青蛙
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  engaged in sordid, trivial rivalries,
  从事着肮脏 没什么竞争性的工作