This is a story about mechanical objects, -- some of which move-- -- remember those smiling houses in the background-- and some of which are stationary, but they're all mechanical objects.

这是一个关于会活动的，机械的故事-,还记得那些作为背景微笑的房子吗？,它们不会动但也都是机械的东西。

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There is the backdrop of class struggle which is understood as crucial.

阶级斗争作为历史背景,在其中扮演了极其重要的角色。

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The Paris Commune has to be placed in the context of two things going on.

要讲巴黎公社,就必须把当时发生的两件事作为背景

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I hope that makes sense as background, and I'm just going to basically illustrate that basic concept with a few examples throughout the rest of the lecture.

我希望将这些作为背景,在这堂课接下来的时间里,我会用一些例子来说明这些基本的概念

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