That is the dominant sort of paradigm of what life is all about, at least in the Western world and a good deal more of it where the West has had an influence.

这可以说是有关生命的一种主导范式,至少对于西方世界,以及受西方影响的其他国家是如此

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But what eventually evolved in the South and we will return to this a good deal next Tuesday when I'll devote an entire lecture to this kind of slaveholder worldview and the pro-slavery argument the pro-slavery defense and how that evolved into a political culture.

但南方特点究竟是如何形成的这个问题,下周二我们会细细讲,那时我将花整堂课的时间讲,奴隶主的世界观和其支持奴隶制的理由,他们对奴隶制的支持,和奴隶制是如何演变为一种政治文化的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And so I can--a great deal after all, 20 years-- I can give you a pretty good idea of what it's like to live in France, even if I didn't move there for the rest of my life without ever coming back."

所以我可以,毕竟二十年还是有很多,关于住在法国是什么样的感觉,我可以给你很好的描述,就算在我的有生之年我再也不会,搬回法国

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