那些欧洲历史上比大多数的民族国家有着更长的历史的著名城市，有一种吸收外来人和容纳许多不同种类的社会现实的非凡能力。

The historic cities of Europe, which are far older than most nation states, retain a remarkable ability to absorb newcomers and accommodate many different kinds of social reality.

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虽然他在许多方面都倾向于欧盟的整体化，但他也明白，民族国家并非欧洲的敌人。

Although he favours EU integration in many spheres, he does not believe that nation-states are the enemy of Europe.

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他接着说，“这根本就不是用欧洲风格就可以整合的单一民族国家，而是羽翼丰满的大陆劲旅”。

“It is not an issue of integrating a European-style nation-state, but a full-fledged continental power,” he said.

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Now, one of the points I made last week, for those of you who were here, is that one of the themes that ties European history together is the growth of the modern state, of state-making.

上节课来了的人可能记得,我谈到一个观点,现代国家的形成和民族国家的构建,是联系欧洲历史的一个主题

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