如果你社会地位低，法官会看着你说，“得了，你这么穷，你邻居很有钱，我站在你邻居这边

Well if you're of lower status, lower social status, the judge is going to look at you and say, "Come on, you're poor, your neighbor's rich, I'm going to side for the neighbor."

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而不是你的背景或社会地位。

Not your background or social status.

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不过这一次假定你对自己的社会地位、收入和智识水准全然不知。

But this time imagine that you have no idea what your social standing, income or talent level are going to be in the new state.

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Well if you're of lower status, lower social status, the judge is going to look at you and say, "Come on, you're poor, your neighbor's rich, I'm going to side for the neighbor."

如果你社会地位低，法官会看着你说，“得了，你这么穷，你邻居很有钱，我站在你邻居这边“

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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