The modern state, as we have come to understand it, is based upon the separation of civil society from governing authority.

我们所了解的现代国家，是根据,区隔公民社会与统治当局的角度来看。

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So it was good. I kind of got to know my own heritage and my own land.

所以去伦敦上学很好。我可以了解我们的祖先和国家。

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The president would spend at least a half hour going over what happened overnight, what the intelligence community was picking up about threats to the country.

总统至少要花半个小时,来了解过去一晚发生的事情，了解情报局选取的,可能威胁国家的信息。

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Now, banking has a --it's important to know that banking is bigger in developing countries -I'll say LDCs, less developed countries -than in developed countries.

如今,银行有着...大家一定要了解,在发展中国家,银行规模更加庞大,...应该是在LDCS,即欠发达国家,这是相对于发达国家来说的

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they understand the culture and they know the geography quite well.

他们了解这个国家的文化，并且对地域也很熟悉。

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