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That really gives us occasion just to say a short comment and I really don't mean to beat this up
这实际上给予我们进行简短评论的机会 我真的不是打算对此进行抨击
but White who's writing this is obviously educated in the early 1900s
但是创作这些的怀特很明显是在20时代早期受教育的
In European education anyone going to the University anybody who had a formal education
在欧洲 任何上大学的人 任何有过正式教育的人
would have had a very formal standard education,
都会拥有一次非常正式的标准教育
the same thing in continental Europe
在欧洲大陆也会发生同样的事情
So, these people have gone through a school system where they learn Greek they learn Latin
因此 这些人都受过一次学校系统 在这一系统中他们学习了希腊语 他们还学习了拉丁语
They had a very set curriculum in order to qualify to go to the University
为了能够上大学 他们拥有一套固定的程序
As a result of this, they knew all this stuff
结果 他们了解所有这些东西
And so, unlike say some Americans, maybe myself included on occasion,
而且 不像诸如一些的美国人 可能我自己也包括在这一情况中
whom I refer to some of this for intimidation value or to put on heirs
那些人是指其中具有恐吓价值或者具有继承权的人
A lot of times when you read European writers
很多次当你读到欧洲作者时
Especially if they wrote fifty, hundred years ago or two hundred years ago
特别是如果他们创作了关于五十年前 一百年前或者两百年前的作品时
they simply knew all this stuff
他们只是仅仅了解所有的这些事情
And so to make an analogy like this or to make a comment like this was not in any way trying to be erudite or anything else
并且像这样做出道歉或者做出这样的评论 并不是以任何方式努力变得博学或者其他
It was just who they were
这仅仅只是关于他们是谁
They assumed anybody who read this stuff
他们假设任何阅读这一作品的人
would know what they were talking about, which obviously I did not
应该会知道他们在讨论什么 那很明显是我不知道
Other questions that I can answer, or not answer, or look up?
我可以回答其他问题 或者不能回答 或者需要查阅
Or do you know what Boxing Day is?
或者你们知道节礼日是什么吗
What's Boxing Day?
什么是节礼日
You refer to Boxing Day Gosh, see?
你们认为节礼日是 天哪 明白了
You've made me really paranoid now
你们现在已经让我变成了一个狂想者
I may ask you every trivial thing now because now I'm really paranoid
我现在可能会问你们每一件小事 因为我现在真的是一个偏执狂
Do you know what Boxing Day is?
你们知道节礼日是什么吗
Yeah, Canada actually Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales and South Africa
是的 加拿大 实际上 澳大利亚 新西兰 英格兰 苏格兰 威尔士 南非
I don't know why South Africa
我不知道为什么南非也是
We stopped on page 97 or there abouts on my kind of bizarre side comments on a lime tree
我们在九十七页停留下 或者在附近的棕榈树上 有我这些奇怪的评论
I guess I like trees too much, a big tree hugger
我猜我非常喜欢树 我也是一个环境保护狂
And so, we're on this adventure
而且 因此 我们正处于这一次冒险中
Remember this is the special adventure
请记得这是一次特殊的冒险
Well, there's no special magic involved
呃 并没有包括特别的魔法
It is this adventure for Kay
这是一次对于凯的冒险
And so, it's going to be more, it doesn't really involve any magic
因此 将会有更多 它真的不包括任何魔法
It doesn't involve any transformation
也不包括任何转化
It does involve Robin Hood and his merry men
也不包括罗宾汉以及他的同伙
They will also show up later
他们稍后将会出现
As we proceed through here we get some oversight of Robin, what he looks like
随着我们在这儿进一步的深入 我们找到了罗宾汉的一些疏忽 他看上去像什么
He's supposed to live a long time from smelling turpentine
从闻到松节油开始他应该生存很长一段时间
Isn't that illegal?
那难道不是非法的吗
