So, the answer is basically that the ordinary Greeks did not engage in very much practice. Yes.

总而言之,希腊民众基本上,是不热衷于军事操练的,你说

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Not just eat their food, not just listening, you have to practice with them. So,

不只是跟他们吃一样的食物和听他们讲话，你必须和他们一起操练语言。因此，

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They were not farmers as we shall see, and therefore, they spent their lives practicing warfare.

我们需要认识到,他们不是农夫,他们视战争操练为生活的一部分

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How would they practice because weren't they prominently farmers?

他们不都是些农夫么,平时怎么操练呢

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Now we're in trouble and I say, don't run away! There are no techniques, there are no maneuvers, there are no -- you can't do anything and so they didn't practice very much, except one stunning exception, the Spartans.

现在形势不妙,我说,"弟兄们,顶住",这些不需要技巧,不需要熟练的动作,也不需要--,你对战场上的一切都无能为力,因此他们也不需要什么操练,唯一让人赞叹的特例,就是斯巴达人

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