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Now listen to part of lecture on the topic you just read about.
現在來聽一段有關你剛剛所閱讀到的話題的演講。
No memoir can possibly be correct in every detail,
沒有一個回憶錄能準確記錄每一個細節，
but still, the Chevalier's memoir is pretty accurate overall, and is, by and large, a reliable historical source.
但是，謝瓦利埃的回憶錄總體上相當準確，并且，大體來說是一個可信的史料來源。
Let's look at the accuracy of the three episodes mentioned in the reading.
讓我們來看看閱讀中提到的三個片段的準確性。
First, the loan from the merchant. Well, that doesn't mean that the Chevalier was poor.
首先，向商人的貸款。其實，這不意味著謝瓦利埃很窮。
Let me explain.
讓我來解釋。
We know that in Switzerland, the Chevalier spent huge amounts of money on parties and gambling, and he had wealth.
我們知道，在瑞士，謝瓦利埃花了大筆的錢在聚會和賭博上，他有財富。
But it was the kind of property you have to sell first to get money.
但是，那是一種你必須先變賣才能得到錢的財產。
So it usually took a few days to convert his assets into actual money.
所以通常他的資產變現都需要花上幾天。
So when he ran out of cash, he had to borrow some while he was waiting for his money to arrive, but that's not being poor.
所以，當他花光了現金在等待他的錢到來的時候，他必須去借一些，那不是窮。
Second, the conversations with Voltaire.
第二，和伏爾泰的對話。
The Chevalier states in his memoir that each night immediately after conversing with Voltaire,
謝瓦利埃每天晚上和伏爾泰談話后都會立刻寫他的回憶錄，
he wrote down everything he could remember about that particular night's conversation.
他寫下他能記得的關于那個特別的晚上談話里的每件事。
Evidently the Chevalier kept his notes of these conversations for many years and referred to them when writing the memoir.
很明顯，謝瓦利埃連續幾年記錄著他跟伏爾泰的談話，并在撰寫回憶錄的時候用到了記載的細節。
Witnesses who lived with the Chevalier in his later life confirmed that he regularly consulted notes and journals when composing the memoir.
在謝瓦利埃晚年生活和他住在一起的目擊者說，他創作回憶錄的時候會定期查閱筆記和日記。
Third, the Chevalier's escape from a prison in Venice.
第三，謝瓦利埃在威尼斯的逃獄。
Other prisoners in that prison had even more powerful friends than he did, and none of them were ever able to bribe their way to freedom.
在那所監獄里的別的囚犯有更強大的朋友，他們沒有人能賄賂出一天通往自由的路。
So bribery hardly seems likely in his case.
所以，對他而言，賄賂似乎是不可能的。
The best evidence, though, comes from some old Venetian government documents.
最好的證據，來自一些古老的威尼斯政府文件。
They indicate that soon after the Chevalier escaped from the prison, the ceiling of his old prison room had to be repaired.
他們指出，在謝瓦利埃逃出監獄后，不久他原來監獄房間的天花板就要被修理。
Why would they need to repair a ceiling unless he had escaped exactly as he said he did.
如果謝瓦利埃沒有真像他自己說的那樣逃獄了，他們為什么要修天花板？
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage.
總結演講中的觀點，準確解釋他們如何對閱讀文章中的觀點做出反應。
