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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  moving around an area from village to village
  从一个村子到另一个村子
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  until they would eventually settle down
  直到近三十岁的时候结婚
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  and marry in their mid- to late- twenties.
  并最终安定下来
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  In the towns, the duties of servants were largely domestic
  在城镇里 他们多数是做些家事
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  and servants were mostly women,
  佣人也大多是女性
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  leading some towns to have an unbalanced sex ratio in favor of women.
  这使得一些城镇女性的比例要高于男性
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  In the countryside,
  在乡村里
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  both male and female servants worked on the farm,
  男佣女佣都要在农场耕作
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  engaged in domestic tasks or in agricultural tasks.
  做家事 或者农活
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  They were known as "servants in husbandry"
  他们就是所谓的"耕种佣人"
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  because they engaged in husbandry--agricultural work.
  因为他们参与耕种 也就是做农活
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  But whatever the case
  但是 不论如何