In the Middle Ages and to some extent in the Early Modern period, we live in a theocentric world.

在中世纪甚至是现在早期，我们生活在以上帝为中心的世界里。

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But now, imagine that we are living in the early years of a polis sometime in the eighth century B.C.

但是,现在想象一下,假如我们生活在公元前八世纪

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We are living in very unusual times and I am sure that Ben Bernanke and other central bank presidents are losing sleep right now because this is a time to challenge monetary policy makers.

我们现在正生活在一个非常特殊的时期,并且我很肯定本？伯南克,和其他中央银行行长们,正在日夜担忧，因为,现如今是一个挑战货币政策制定者的时代。

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