You obviously can read this on your own but I did want to point out a few things
當然你們可以自己讀這本書 但我想提幾點
I'm also gonna point out a few things in the introduction to the book
我還要就這本書的介紹也提幾點
Whether you read the practice or not
不管你們有沒有閱讀練習
and what I think are particularly important
我認為最重要的是
Obviously, whenever you talk about older literature, whenever you talk about anything older
不管你們什么時候談論舊文學 或者任何一樣舊東西時
We're always talking about what we have left
我們談論的總是過去的 我們遺留的東西
We don't know necessarily know what was there
沒必要一定得知道留下的是什么
Maybe somebody wrote this material down before Chrétien in a very similar way
在克雷蒂安之前或許有人用相似的方式寫下了這本書
but the fact and matter is, if somebody did we don't have it
但是事實就是 如果有人寫了而我們沒有資料證明
And so, he gets all the credit
那么克雷蒂安就是權威
So even if he was just some kind of great you know copy a copy cat or something
即使他只是個 你們懂的 超級模仿者
He gets the credit
那么他也是權威
And so, to make the point here and that what I was just beating on a little bit in line four that has reached us, as far as somebody who has written down the material
所以我在此強調 如我們看到的第4行所言 不管是否有人曾經寫下這本書
Chrétien is the first person we have that we have records of
克雷蒂安是有資料記錄的第一人
If you have read the assignment for today
如果你們看過今天的作業
You'd notice that in that material he mentioned,
就會注意到他在書中提到
It's the next one back in the research, he handed them up
這是下一個研究對象 他上交了這些材料
He kept making references to Tristan and Isolde he mentioned several times Isolde
他一直提到特里斯坦和伊索爾德 他提了很多次伊索爾德
He evidently wrote something on Mark and Isolde before he wrote Eric but we don't have it either
很明顯他寫埃里克之前寫了些關于馬克和伊索爾德的東西 但是我們也沒有這些材料