In the 1960s, Paul was caught up in the Cultural Revolution, a chaotic attempt to root out elements seen as hostile to Communist rule.
上世纪60年代，保罗·克鲁克陷入文化大革命之中，一场旨在根除被视为共产党敌对分子的大动乱。However, some experts argued that the notion that there was nothing but the eight Model Operas in Cultural Revolution culture is mistaken.
然而，一些专家质疑在文化大革命只有样板戏的文化形式的说法是错的。To avoid wasting the precious time talking about French Revolution or Cultural Revolution, desultorily I tried to chat with him in French.
为了不把宝贵的时间浪费在法国大革命或文化大革命中，我试着用法语跟他有一搭没一搭的说话。Anything is better than a return to the bloody turmoil of the Taiping or the warlord era or to the horrors of the Cultural Revolution.
无论什么，都要好过太平天国、或军阀时期，或文化大革命时期的流血动荡。At the height of the Cultural Revolution, the poor man was castigated for putting on airs, pretending to be a "local" Chairman Mao.
时值文化大革命的高潮，这个倒霉蛋就因为装腔作势，假装“土”毛主席而被打倒。Mr Tao argues those problems are mild compared with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, when he began his studies.
陶景洲认为，与文化大革命的余波相比，这些问题都不严重——当时，他刚刚开始上大学。It was a heritage he knew little about, his education having been disrupted by the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
他对这些艺术遗产知之甚少，当年文化大革命造成的混乱局面中断了他的学业。A few years later, another man she was close to committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution.
几年以后的文化大革命中，另一位与韩枫很亲近的男人也自杀了。"The Cultural Revolution was a disaster, " he said. "Those were the darkest days of the People's Republic. "
“文化大革命是一场大灾难”，他说，“那些日子是人民共和国最黑暗的日子”。