来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第2集 第2集》

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  can you tell me where that was?" They would say,
  你能告诉我在哪里吗" 他们会说
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  "You silly fellow, that's just stories,
  "你这个傻瓜 那些只是故事
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  that's mythology, that's poetry.
  是神话 是诗歌而已
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  There never was an Agamemnon, there never was a Mycenae,
  从来都没有阿伽门农 也从没有迈锡尼
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  there isn't any such thing." Then in 1870,
  这些都不存在" 之后在一八七零年
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  a German businessman by the name of Heinrich Schliemann,
  一个德国商人 他叫海因里希·谢里曼
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  who had not had the benefit of a university education
  他并没有从大学教育中获得"益处"
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  and didn't know what a fool and how ignorant he was,
  他也没意识到他是多么"愚蠢"和"无知"
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  believed Homer, and he said he wanted to look for Troy.
  他相信荷马所说并想去寻找传说的特洛伊城
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  So, he went to where people thought Troy might be
  因此 他来到人们认为的特洛伊城的所在地
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  and he began digging there,
  然后 开始挖掘
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  and before you know it, he discovered a mound filled with cities,
  然后你们知道的 他发现了土堆之中的城市