We're talking about something called " assimilation" . Assimilation.

那就是“化”。化。

Now, assimilation happens in loads and loads of different ways.

化的方式有很多种。

This is another case of assimilation.

这是化的另外一个典型例子。

People of different nationalities often take years to be assimilated into a country.

不国籍的人常要过一段时间才会为某个国家所化。

You might remember this from our video on assimilation.

你大概记得语音化那课中讲过。

Here we are in an age of the cookie-cutter sameness.

我们处在一个千篇一律大化的时代。

But a communal approach is not enough.

但是，化还不够。

Forced assimilation backfired at every level, from the personal to the political.

强迫化在各个层面都适得其反，从个人层面到政治层面。

The idea is that they have been infected with Frenchness.

德国人认为这两个地区已经被法国化了。

Accept, assimilate and live according to the fact that we can make a difference.

我们能够做出改变这个事实 并接受 被化以及据此生活。

So, we have two pieces of assimilation happening here.

这里有两处化。

Kindergarten is all about getting kids assimilated, what school's like.

幼儿园就是让孩子们被化，这就是学校的。

This is an example of assimilation.

这是化的一个例子。

Assimilation happens when we have two words, two words.

当我们有两个单词，两个单词的时候，就会产生化。

In spite of “endless talk of difference, ” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.

不管我们如何喋喋不休地谈论差别，美国社会实际上是一台化人们的神奇的机器。

It is assimilation, and it shouldn't be acceptable to any of us.

那叫做化，而且不应该被我们中的任何人所接受。

But many aspects of the Treaty also aimed to assimilate the Lakota into white culture.

但条约的许多方面也旨在化，把拉科塔人融入白人文化。

Oh, I'm sorry, I guess Picard never got assimilated by the Borg.

不好意思，大概是皮卡德没被博格人化过。

And also, because he became so enveloped in the role. He was inescapably Holmes.

也正因为他沉浸于角色之中，他不可避免地被化了。

Whatever happened to the treasure-owner, most of the Vikings in England stayed on and, in due course, were assimilated.

不管藏宝人的命运如何，留在英格兰的维京人多数被日渐化。