this is the period in which the Homeric epics are finally written down now that there is writing and that gives them,I think, even greater impact on the Greek world in the future.

这个时期是就是荷马史诗最终写就的时期,所以那时有了文字,而这对他们,对希腊世界的未来,我认为产生了更大的影响

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And by the way, we, the people of progress, are rooted in those principles of the Declaration of Independence" which are written down essentially as creeds "And, oh and by the way, we have a written Constitution we actually wrote it down, we have a Bill of Rights where we declare these things on paper, unlike the Brits."

顺便说一下,我们,作为进步的人类,是独立宣言的主旨",它被写成文字,作为信条,"顺便再说一下,我们还有一部成文大宪章,我们把它写下来,我们有《人权法案》,一切白纸黑字申明清楚,不像那些英国佬"

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