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We have this ideal society which Arthur has wrought
我們有亞瑟創造的理想社會
And so now, we're gonna have another change
現在 我們將會有另一個改變
We're gonna have a change in Arthur's society to a society
我們在亞瑟的社會里 要得到的改變是來到了
represented by Mordred, dresses in black, wears a little pearl
這個社會以莫德雷德為代表 他穿著黑衣 戴個小珍珠
I'm always suspicious on guy wearing black and little pearl under their lapel
我總是懷疑穿黑衣 在衣領下佩戴小珍珠的家伙
Or no, little diamond, he has a diamond
或者 不 是小鉆石 他有一顆鉆石
Probably a big diamond
有可能是顆大鉆石
It seems that Mordred's been claiming himself King of England under this new order of his
看起來 莫德雷德在他統治的新秩序下 一直在宣稱他自己是英格蘭的國王
He has told all his Thrashers that we are dead, you see
他已經告訴鶇鳥隊我們死了
and he's going to marry Guine
你們知道 他要和桂尼維爾結婚了
And the letter itself explaining this is from Guinevere,
來自格尼薇兒的信解釋了這件事情
and they're besieging her in the Tower of London, in Arizona, no, no, that's London Bridge
他們把她困在亞利桑那州 不 不 那是倫敦橋 困在倫敦塔里
And Mordred is now using guns
莫德雷德現在開始使用槍了
And so they keep mentioning every time
所以每一次他們都不斷的提起
Its like later, Lancelot mentions the Boors, the Boors, that they're are using cannons
就像之后 蘭斯洛特提到 鄉巴佬們 鄉巴佬們 他們用的是大炮
He says, "cannons!?"
他說"大炮"
Obviously this is a symbolic of the end of knighthood too
顯然 這也是騎士最后的結局的一個象征
Because once you have guns, once you have cannons
因為一旦你擁有槍支 一旦你擁有大炮
obviously you armour aren't doing you much good
顯然 你裝甲沒有讓你做得很好
So one more illustration of the end of times as they were
所以又一次說明了他們的時代即將結束
They even say that clearly, lest you miss the point about 60 percent of the way down on 621,
以免你們看漏 注意看621頁上大概頁面下方60%的地方 他們甚至清楚地講
"now that the guns have come," said Arthur, "the Table is over."
"現在那些槍炮回來了" 亞瑟說"圓桌騎士結束了"
And it's not only split then, it's over and they must hurry home
那時它不僅僅分裂了 它結束了 他們必須回家
The key here is too, that this is the end of feudalism
這里的關鍵是 封建制度結束了
And we talked right at the beginning of the class that feudalism, the feudal structure which is based on Fealty, nice word for fidelity
在上課的一開始我們談到了封建主義 以忠誠為基本的封建結構 盡責的漂亮詞匯
Fealty is what you owe to your lord in the feudal hierarchy
在封建等級制度內 盡責是你欠主人的
So faithfulness, fidelity, is broken
所以沒有了忠誠 盡責
And of course if that's broken, then the feudal system is broken
當然如果他們沒有了 那么封建制度就毀滅了
and chivalry, the knightly code, is based upon this culture,
建立在這文化上的騎士精神 騎士制度也就沒有了
so the culture upon which it's a part is gone
所以這些文化也消失了
Obviously the whole thing is asudden
顯然 整件事情突發其然
So things don't look good
所以事情看上去不太好
