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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  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
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  moved by petty jealousies, avarice and material interests.
  为嫉妒 贪婪和物欲所驱动
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  Since they do not think about the things that are serious,
  尽管他们不会考虑国家大事
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  they get excited by tiny things."
  但零星琐事都却能令他们激动万分
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  Now, you used to have--
  现在 你们曾见过
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  there was a very famous cover of The New Yorker
  这是纽约客杂志一张十分有名的封面
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  in which you had a map of the United States as seen from New York,
  这张地图表现的是从纽约的角度看全美国
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  and where you had New York,
  纽约在这里