The particular dialogue that we're going to reading,the Phaedo, is set at the death scene of Socrates.

我们要学习的这篇对话,斐多篇,就将场景设定在苏格拉底临死前的一幕

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because it's in the morning, and, you know, we learn, but we mostly just have a conversation,

因为这个课在早上，而且虽然是学习，但其实大部分时间都是在练习对话。

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Starting next week, we're going to be looking at Plato's dialogue, the Phaedo.

从下周开始,我们要学习柏拉图的对话,斐多篇

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