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I might have given you some misinformation in this class
在这节课中 我也许传给了你们一些错误的信息
If I did, it's not by intent, it's out of stupidity
如果我确实这样做了 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
有时候 善意的教授们告诉你们错误的事情 是因为他们不知道他们错了
And in Calais where you pick up the hovercraft,
在你乘坐气垫船的加来那个地方
there's a very famous sculpture by Rodin called " The Citizens of Calais" or "The Burhger of Calais"
有一个很有名的雕像是出自于罗丹之手 叫做"加来义民"
And there's a, there's a 20th-century German play by Gale Kaiser by the same title
20世纪 盖尔·凯撒用同样的标题创作了一本德国剧本
And on the cover of the play is the Rodin Sculpture
在这个剧本的封面是罗丹的雕塑
And so when I used to teach that course,
我曾经教过这门课
whenever I taught it,
无论我什么时候教

I said, "It's so neat. Because when you drive through Calais, right in front of the City Hall, there's Rodin's Sculpture
我会说"多棒啊 因为当你开车穿过加来时 在前方正好是市政厅 那边有罗丹的雕像
It's, it's so cool. It's in Calais"
它是 它是如此之酷 它是在加来
So years later, about you know, seven or eight years ago now, I was in Basel in Switzerland
几年后 也就是七八年前 我在瑞士的巴塞尔
And I was going into this modern art museum which is one of the thing to see in Basel
我打算进去现代艺术馆 这是在巴塞尔必看的景点之一
And as I came through the courtyard, the had some of these huge sculptures and they had Rodin's "Burgher of Calais"
当我穿过这个院子的时候 在其中一些大雕塑中有罗丹的"加来义民"
So I said to the person, I said, "Well, you know, that's a copy."
我就和一个人说 我说"好吧 你知道 那是复制品"
He said, "No, that's the original. There's a copy in Calais."
他说 "不 那是真品 复制品在加来"
So the I felt bad like, "oh, I told all these students over the years it's in Calais"
对这我感到很难过 "噢 这么多年我一直跟所有的学生说雕像在加来"
So I hope I haven't done that to you
所以我希望我没有这么告诉你们
But, there's a copy of Rodin's statue in Calais
但是 在加来保留着罗丹雕塑的复制品
Doing Dover, saw the white cliffs
去多佛 看到白色的悬崖
He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent his landing
他在多佛见到了亚瑟 开展了一场战役阻止他着陆
He wanted to land but Gawain's dead, and he wrote this letter
他想着陆但是高文死了 他写了这封信

视频及简介

本课对作家怀特的系列书籍行了进一步的点评和探讨，就亚瑟王之死、莫德雷德的新秩序、圆桌骑士的分裂以及亚瑟王的理想进行了系统的分析和阐述。内容紧凑，精彩丰富。讲师思维缜密，鞭辟入里。是不可多得的优秀书评。