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I might have given you some misinformation in this class
在這節(jié)課中 我也許傳給了你們一些錯(cuò)誤的信息
If I did, it's not by intent, it's out of stupidity
如果我確實(shí)這樣做了 并非有意 是出自愚蠢
And sometimes professors in all good faith tell you things that are wrong because they don't know they're wrong
有時(shí)候 善意的教授們告訴你們錯(cuò)誤的事情 是因?yàn)樗麄儾恢浪麄冨e(cuò)了
And in Calais where you pick up the hovercraft,
在你乘坐氣墊船的加來(lái)那個(gè)地方
there's a very famous sculpture by Rodin called " The Citizens of Calais" or "The Burhger of Calais"
有一個(gè)很有名的雕像是出自于羅丹之手 叫做"加來(lái)義民"
And there's a, there's a 20th-century German play by Gale Kaiser by the same title
20世紀(jì) 蓋爾·凱撒用同樣的標(biāo)題創(chuàng)作了一本德國(guó)劇本
And on the cover of the play is the Rodin Sculpture
在這個(gè)劇本的封面是羅丹的雕塑
And so when I used to teach that course,
我曾經(jīng)教過(guò)這門(mén)課
whenever I taught it,
無(wú)論我什么時(shí)候教
I said, "It's so neat. Because when you drive through Calais, right in front of the City Hall, there's Rodin's Sculpture
我會(huì)說(shuō)"多棒啊 因?yàn)楫?dāng)你開(kāi)車(chē)穿過(guò)加來(lái)時(shí) 在前方正好是市政廳 那邊有羅丹的雕像
It's, it's so cool. It's in Calais"
它是 它是如此之酷 它是在加來(lái)
So years later, about you know, seven or eight years ago now, I was in Basel in Switzerland
幾年后 也就是七八年前 我在瑞士的巴塞爾
And I was going into this modern art museum which is one of the thing to see in Basel
我打算進(jìn)去現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)館 這是在巴塞爾必看的景點(diǎn)之一
And as I came through the courtyard, the had some of these huge sculptures and they had Rodin's "Burgher of Calais"
當(dāng)我穿過(guò)這個(gè)院子的時(shí)候 在其中一些大雕塑中有羅丹的"加來(lái)義民"
So I said to the person, I said, "Well, you know, that's a copy."
我就和一個(gè)人說(shuō) 我說(shuō)"好吧 你知道 那是復(fù)制品"
He said, "No, that's the original. There's a copy in Calais."
他說(shuō) "不 那是真品 復(fù)制品在加來(lái)"
So the I felt bad like, "oh, I told all these students over the years it's in Calais"
對(duì)這我感到很難過(guò) "噢 這么多年我一直跟所有的學(xué)生說(shuō)雕像在加來(lái)"
So I hope I haven't done that to you
所以我希望我沒(méi)有這么告訴你們
But, there's a copy of Rodin's statue in Calais
但是 在加來(lái)保留著羅丹雕塑的復(fù)制品
Doing Dover, saw the white cliffs
去多佛 看到白色的懸崖
He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent his landing
他在多佛見(jiàn)到了亞瑟 開(kāi)展了一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役阻止他著陸
He wanted to land but Gawain's dead, and he wrote this letter
他想著陸但是高文死了 他寫(xiě)了這封信
