来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第5集 第5集》

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  You could trade it in for those
  你需要交换那些你需要
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  things that you didn't make yourself and needed.
  但又不能自给自足的东西
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  But in any case, it is a profit,
  不管怎么说 你都能从中获利
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  but it's no good if it's going to spoil.
  总比放着变质的好
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  So it's important to realize the role of ceramics;
  从中希腊人意识到陶艺的重要性
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  they need to make storage jars that could be sealed
  他们需要烧制可以密封得很好的
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  very well and preserve the stuff for a very long time,
  可以用来长久保存食物的陶罐
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  and indeed, they did that.
  他们也的确这样做了
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  Another thing that you need to understand about these farms,
  关于这些农场 另一点要搞清楚的是
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  if you're going to grasp their
  如果你要理解它们
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  significance for the society that will come,
  所带来的社会意义
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  is that they are small, really small.
  那是很细微和缓慢的