They do a contest--those of you who like to enter contests--saying, "how can we break out of this awful mess, oh, whatever can we do?"

曾有一个比赛,问参赛者们,"我们该如何化解当前窘境,我们到底该怎么办"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

And the commune, despite the fact that there's lots of-- you could hear in the distance the guns sometimes getting closer and closer, and attempts to break out fail miserably, they pass all sorts of impressive social legislation.

在公社里,尽管有很多...,公社不远处不时能听到枪声,不断逼近,而突围的尝试又屡次惨败,他们还通过了各式法律法规

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选