There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.

  • -- Wilma Mankiller 曼基勒

有很多历史因素在我们今天所处的位置上发挥了作用,我认为,要想开始理解我们当代的问题和当代的问题,你必须对那段历史有一点了解。

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The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles.

在历史和当代社会结构中发现的社会形态的最早阶段是这样的:一个相对较小的圆圈与相邻的、陌生的或在某种程度上对立的圆圈紧紧地封闭在一起。

Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.

通常当我第一次去一个地方,除非有什么历史或壮观的自然提供,我喜欢做的第一件事是看看人们的想法。

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.

当代艺术运动的某些趋势,但绝不是全部,似乎否定了这一理想,对我来说,似乎导致了一种纯粹装饰性的绘画观念。

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

事实上,我的前八本书都是历史小说,但从未出版过。