But he had great birth, and so he started getting more power politically and financially by setting himself up as the patron of the patronless.

但是出身很好，于是他通过给人当庇护人,来提高自己的政治及金融地位。

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And then the second half of the class, we turn our attentions to more of these issues of disagreement and debate within early Christianity, around issues such as Judaism and the Law,women's positions, politics,and the interpretation of scripture.

本课的第二部分，我们会把注意力转向早期基督教内的,分歧与争论，比如犹太教与摩西五经，妇女地位，政治，圣典解读。

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They've been very important political players now in the trying to get rid of trans fats in restaurant movement and also the movement that's happening around the country to try to get calories put on menus in restaurants.

现在它们的重要政治地位体现在,现在餐饮业中进行的反对反式脂肪运动中,和全国范围发生的要求,在菜单上注明食品热量的运动中

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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