1939年9月30日我出生在罗塞姆，它是法国阿尔萨斯的一座中世纪的小城。

I was born on September 30 1939 in Rosheim, a small medieval city of Alsace in France.

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法国于1871年将阿尔萨斯—洛林割让给德国。

Alsace-Lorraine was ceded to Germany by France in 1871.

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阿尔萨斯是一种融合了日耳曼方言和法国时尚触觉的文化，热爱鹅肝和美酒、啤酒和(德国)泡菜。

Alsace is a cultural hybrid with its Germanic dialect and French sense of fashion, its love of foie gras and fine wine, beer and sauerkraut.

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And, after the Paris region, Alsace and Lorraine were the two most industrialized and prosperous parts of France.

而且,除了巴黎地区,阿尔萨斯和洛林是法国,工业化程度最高,最富庶的地区

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Now, Alsatians were French, even though many of them spoke German dialect.

阿尔萨斯人是法国人,虽然他们很多人说德国方言

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