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Arthur is supposed to float away to Avalon, On a magic barge
亞瑟王躺在一艘仙船上漂向了阿瓦隆
What's Avalon?
阿瓦隆是什么呢
Sound like we have some Catholic people here to me
好像我們這兒有天主教徒
I always involve Avalon more like kinda like purgatory,
對于我來說我經常會把阿瓦隆和煉獄牽扯到一塊
You know, it is not really like you're finally some place,
這并不是說你最終找到了某個地方
You're kinda of some place between
你最終來到了中轉站
And Avalon, the way it's presented,
至于阿瓦隆從對它的描述來看
It's almost like a holy ground
幾乎就像是一塊圣土
Like you can return from there,
好像你可以從那返回一樣
And so it's not buried but it's one or more Holy Sepulchres
所以并沒有被埋葬而是一個更神圣的墓地
Sepulchre burial spot and this part of the point of the documentary
神圣的埋葬地點 這是紀錄片中的一部分
Where is Arthur from?
亞瑟王從哪里來
Everybody wants to claim him
誰都想給他定位
George Washington slept here
喬治華盛頓埋在這了
Arthur is buried here, Arthur is buried there
亞瑟王埋在這兒了 亞瑟王埋在那兒了
and somehow makes where we are more valuable
想要以這種方式使我們所在的地方更有價值
If we look at some heroes, not to beat this up,
如果我們想要看一些英雄的話
This is a very good book
不要把這本書弄壞了這是本很好的書
It's never in the library
總是被借出去
I, I got frustrated because I was trying to be a good faculty member
我感到很失意 因為想當一個好職工
I use it and return it and then I never find it again
所以用了之后我就還回去 之后我就再也找不到了
So, finally this summer, I went over to the library,
所以最終今年夏天我去了圖書館
When I knew nobody would be around
看到周圍沒人的時候
Got it out and I Xeroxed out what I wanted
我把這本書拿出來然后影印了我想要的
Just said okay cause
只是說說啊 好 因為
I kinda always like to show people the book
我總是很喜歡給別人看這本書
And say "Look, here's the book!"
并說"看 這本書在這"
Then we pick out people from both Rome and Greece
然后我們從羅馬和希臘神話中挑一些人
But I thought for all of us it might be more interesting
但我覺得看一些我們大家都熟悉的東西
to look at something that maybe most of us are familiar with
可能會更有趣吧
Let's look at a couple of characters from the Bible and see
我們看幾個上的人物吧
You know, this won't be on the test but just again
這些考試也不會考但和之前一樣
To give an idea of what we're talking about
只是讓你們明白我們正在討論的東西
And remember The Old Testament is highly edited,
要記得舊約可是被很好地編輯了的
And so, to for good or bad
所以不論好壞吧
Take somebody like Joseph
比如說以約瑟為例吧
Joseph fulfils twelve points
約瑟占了十二點
If you can get up about twelve or thirteen,
你要是能完成十二或十三點
You're, you're a real decent hero
你就是個正統的英雄了
If you get up like seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,
你要是能完成十七十八十九點的話
It's obvious that they've been playing a lot with your life
那很明顯他們對你的生活影響很大
To make you a better hero yhan you might naturally be
使你成為你本可以成為得更好的英雄
And so we think about Joseph, his mother,
所以我們想到了約瑟 他的媽媽
his mother Rachel is a daughter of a patriarch
他的媽媽拉結是一位族長的女兒
And his father Jacob is a patriarch
他的爸爸雅各是一位族長
And her first cousin
并且是他的堂兄
His mother conceives him by eating a mandrake
他的媽媽是因為吃了曼德拉草才懷了他的
Remember that, you know, it's dangerous
這點要記住 很危險的
Don't go out eating mandrakes
不要出去吃曼德拉草
