Even though decentralized England expands its bureaucracy and collected taxes much more efficiently than across the channel in France, state-making involved more officials there.

即使是在分权的英国 官僚政府也日益扩大,他们比海峡对岸的法国有着更多苛捐杂税,现代国家的形成需要更多的官员

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And "Channel Firing," on the bottom of 51, is also set in the west of England, Hardy's home country, and is set right on the verge of the First World War.

海峡炮声》在51页的下半部分，也是发生在英格兰西部，哈迪的祖国，并且也是发生在一战临近时期的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So, if you have a sixty-one you're from the Ain, and if you have a sixty-two you're from the Pas-de-Calais, or if you have a sixty-three you're from the Puy-de-Dome.

如果是61的话,就来自安省,如果是62,就来自加莱海峡省,如果是63的话,就来自多姆山省

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

They do it all the time.

经常有人游过海峡

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选