“America needs heroes, ” it is sometimes said, a phrase that’s often uttered in a wistful tone, almost cooingly, as if we were talking about a lonely child.

“美国需要英雄”，有的时候人们总这么说，语带伤感好像是在谈论孤独的小孩。

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If those heroes were to recover, we should think the representation of their sufferings perfectly ridiculous.

如果这两位英雄活过来了，我们就会认为他们所表现出来的痛苦完全是滑稽可笑的了。

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We were treated like heroes wherever we went.

不管我们走到哪里都受到英雄般的对待。

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Well, Homer has his heroes using chariots and we know that chariots were used in warfare in the Bronze Age around the Mediterranean Sea.

荷马史诗》的主角们所使用的战车,我们知道在青铜时代的地中海地区,二轮战车被广泛运用于战争

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Before they were heroes, we admired them - until everything fell apart.

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