This is not the first time the Muslim veil has sparked controversy in France.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Julius Caesar capitalized on his role as a general of a large army that was at the time winning battles in Gaul, modern France.

恺撒利用他的将领身份，他的军队,当时在高卢，现代法国，赢得了战争。

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So here we've got the continuing,evolving over time-- this is all taking place in France-- the personality of Napoleon in France.

所以这是持续的，随时间进化的…,这都是发生在法国-,法国拿破仑的人格。

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During the Enlightenment, the works of the philosophers that could not be published in France werepublished in Switzerland, more about that another time, and in the Netherlands.

启蒙运动时期,思想家们的作品,即使不能在法国出版,但也都在瑞士出版了,之后不久,又在荷兰相继问世

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Now,every time there's a big time political disaster, from the point of view of the Catholic Church in France, it's followed by a period of religious revival.

于是,每当天主教会看到法国政治格局,有重大的变盘,紧接着就会兴起宗教复兴

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Now,but the railroads,if you look at the map of the railroads in France, at any time you want including now, all roads lead--all tracks lead to Paris.

无论何时,如果你观察巴黎的铁路线,就会发现,每条路都通往巴黎

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There's the person Napoleon,a space-time worm that came to an end in France.

有一个叫拿破仑的人，一个时空蠕虫在法国寿终正寝。

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Or, if you go to Nimes in the south of France, you'll see boulevards that people race motorcycles around all the time and they keep you up all night.

或者去法国南部的尼姆,你会看到身边的林荫大道,总有人在进行摩托车比赛,让你整晚都不能入睡

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