There were many changes in the social customs and day-to-day life of millions of Americans during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge.

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He is imagining a literary form that is soaked in the stuff of social life.

他在构想着一种渗入生活的文学形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm going to talk about the centralization of the French State and the question of why Paris--and that's kind of fun to talk about- and the role of Paris in centralization, and the particular role of Paris in French economic, political, social and cultural life.

一是讲法国政府的集权化统治,还有巴黎为什么 谈论这个很有意思,巴黎在中央集权政府中的地位,以及其在法国经济,社会,文化领域中的地位

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选