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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  and experiences were very far from uniform or equal,
  平等的机会或经历
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  and that structured inequality was taken
  这种被建构的不平等
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  to be part of the natural order of society.
  被人们视为社会自然秩序的一部分
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  Indeed, it was taken to be ordained
  实际上 正如我们所看到的那样
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  by God, as we've seen.
  人们认为这是上帝赋予的
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  It was a predominantly rural society in which
  以乡村社会为主
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  most people gained their livings from the land
  大多数人依靠土地谋生
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  but in which a large minority were
  但少数人中
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  also engaged in manufactures and in trade.
  也不乏以制造业和商业为生者
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  It was a world in which most people still
  在当时的社会 多数人还是追求
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  aspired to gain their living relatively independently,
  相对独立的生存方式
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  on the land or by practicing a trade,
  通过耕种土地或是进行买卖