来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会 第2集 第2集》

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  which proves that he was just a nice boy really all along.
  以证明其一直是一个好孩子
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  So the appointment of knights,
  国王授予骑士称号的
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  the "dubbing" of knights by the monarch,
  光荣传统总算
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  continues of course.
  保留下来
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  In the sixteenth century they were usually selected to be made
  在十六世纪 国内四十个郡县中的
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  knights from amongst the leading families of each
  豪门之秀
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  of the forty counties of the kingdom,
  会被封为骑士
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  and the title could not be inherited.
  并且爵位不是世袭的
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  You had to be made a knight again in each new generation.
  下一代人想当骑士就需从头再来了
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  Below them were the lesser gentry of
  骑士阶级之下是骑士随从
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  esquires and mere gentlemen.
  和绅士阶级
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  They had no title except the right to be called "Mister".
  他们除了"先生"以外 没有其它封号