They were--their very presence there, that's where they lived, but their defense of Paris reflects tensions between urban France and conservative rural France.

他们是,他们曾经在那里生活,这就是他们生活的地方,他们的巴黎保卫战反映了,城市居民和保守的郊区居民紧张的关系

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And there you are looking at them, trying to protect their city.

你们看到的这些人当时正在,努力保卫着他们的城市

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His interest here is in the creation of a tight, and highly disciplined cadre of young warriors who will protect the city much as watchdogs protect their own home.

他的兴趣,明显是创造一个紧密，且高度自制的,年轻战士骨架,他们将保卫城市,就像看门狗顾家一样。

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