来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第5集第5集》

But this is also true of all of Western Europe,

西欧的情况亦如此
which has to do pretty much with the abolition of

这与农奴制的废除有很大关系
farmers and I just don't think it's right for me

我个人觉得如果不提一下其重要性
to pass without mentioning the significance.

那是我的失职
Nobody knows anything about it.

这一点几乎无人知晓
What percentage of Americans do you think worked

你们认为在十九世纪末
on farms at the end of the nineteenth century?

大概有百分之多少的美国人在农场工作
Twenty, thirty?

二十三十
You better believe it's sixty to seventy percent,

你最好猜百分之六七十
and the further back you go in American history

要是你以后有机会学习美国历史的话
the closer it is to ninety and ninety-five percent.

你会发现它在百分之九十到九十五之间
That's the history of the world;

那就是这个世界的历史事实