Before they took power, they felt oppressed by the white English speakers who controlled things.

在掌握政权之前，他们觉得受到那些控制一切的、讲英语的白人的压迫。

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We can anatomize some of the forms of power that have been most commonly attributed to this greatest English poet.

我们可以剖析一下这种种，大家通常认为这伟大的英国诗人所具有的力量。

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When translated into simple English, that statement reads, power is a good thing, so long as I am the one who has it.

这句话用英语可以简单的表述为，只要权力在我手中就是个好东西。

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We can anatomize some of the forms of power that have been most commonly attributed to this greatest English poet.

我们可以剖析一下这种种,大家通常认为这伟大的英国诗人所具有的力量。

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Now, probably the form of power that we most readily associated with John Milton involves his position at the dead center of the English literary canon.

我们最容易由约翰·弥尔顿,联想到的力量形式很可能,与他处在英国文学经典的中心位置有关。

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It would be utterly inadequate for us to account for this institutional and surreal institutional power that Milton holds over us by stating blandly that Milton is the greatest English poet.

要解释弥尔顿为什么能对我们施加,这样硬性的甚至荒诞的控制,仅仅说弥尔顿是最伟大的英国诗人是远远不足的。

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Devolving more power to the English regions, for example, might help, except that the English are not conspicuously keen.

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Historians have paid relatively little attention to this burst of English power.

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"Without a huge global event like the Olympics next year, we need to keep on finding smart new ways to share our soft power assets: English, our education system, our vibrant arts scene and our entrepreneurial spirit, " he said.

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