来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明第21集》

He was a true believer always.

他一直是一位忠实信徒
At the end of his life he ended up passing,

临终前却提交了
or having his wife pass Save the Will petitions.

是让他的妻子提交了保存意志的请愿书
He was no longer a communist.

表示他不再是一名共产主义者了
But I remember when I was a little boy him telling me

但我记得小时候他告诉我说
that the people trying to escape from communism were psychotic.

想脱离共产主义的人都是疯子
That people trying to get over the wall in Berlin

那些意图翻越过柏林墙的人
were psychotic for trying to

都有精神病
leave this radiant future of a workers' paradise.

居然想放弃这个工人天堂的灿烂未来
There were a lot of true believers.

的确有过很多忠实信仰者
These people,a lot of them,

其中很多人
and I'm not dissing my uncle whom I loved deeply,

我并非对我叔叔不敬我很爱戴他