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And in older German being spelled England,
古德語中England并不是這樣拼寫的
It was actually spelled Engelland
而是Engelland
And so you obviously see there the land of the Angles
所以可以明顯地看出這是盎格魯人的土地
So what are Brits what is British, British,
那什么是British
the Celtic language of the ancient Britons, a Briton T-O-N,
在古不列顛人的凱爾特語中
a member of one of the peoples in having Britain prior to the invasion of the Angles and the Saxons
那是英國在被盎格魯撒克遜人占領(lǐng)之前,占有英國的其中一個人種
And so these are words that I think are confusing
所以這些是我覺得容易混淆的幾個詞語
What's the difference between a Briton,
到底怎樣區(qū)別古不列顛人,盎格魯人,還有,撒克遜人
and an Angle-Saxons,and why all these people hate each other
還有為什么這些人種互相仇恨著對方
What's a Celt?
還有什么是凱爾特人
A word we hear too and I've read this definition many times teaching this course
這是一個我們聽過的詞,但就算我讀過它的定義,在教這門課時讀過很多遍
I'm still glad sure could read it and repeat it
我仍很樂意去重復(fù)閱讀這個定義
I'm sure it functions in my brain
我肯定這個詞在我腦中已經(jīng)留下了印象
A Celt is a modern Gael G-A-E-L
凱爾特人是現(xiàn)代的蓋爾族人 Gael G-A-E-L
a highlander Scot,Irishman, Welshman, Cornishman, or Briton
包括蘇格蘭,愛爾蘭,威爾士,康沃爾,古不列顛人
It seems to me by definition that we're using the word Celt
在我看來,根據(jù)定義,用凱爾特這個詞
for any most anybody who's in England before the Angles and the Saxons got there
可以代表在盎格魯撒克遜人抵達(dá)英國前,那片土地上的任何一種人
Everybody else is a Celt
除了盎格魯撒克遜人以外的任何人都是凱爾特人
Would be a general definition
這是一個廣義的定義
I never saw I don't know how many of you saw the movie on TV made for TV of Merlin
我不知道你們中有多少人看過有關(guān)梅林的那個電視節(jié)目
I was out of town and I have it on tape now for some time
我當(dāng)時沒看但是現(xiàn)在我有錄影帶
but have never made the effort to watch it
只是一直沒有去看
Merlin's a very old figure
梅林是一個古老的人物
We're gonna learn other Medieval legends
我們將在亞瑟王和其他傳說中學(xué)到他的故事
He's generally a magician or profit
總體說來他是一個魔法師或者說預(yù)言家
We do see him in Monty Python
我們曾在蒙提·派森的戲劇中看到過他
A basic motivation in a lot of these older literature in Germanic literature is revenge
在很多德國文學(xué)和其他古典文學(xué)中,一個基本的故事動機(jī)就是復(fù)仇
Do unto others before they do unto you
己所不欲,勿施于人
No, no that's wrong
不,不對
