the colonists were wondering about

殖民地者则会想
the possibility of this being some kind of ongoing plot

这个很有很能是是
to subdue and repress the American colonists.

压制美国殖民地者的密谋
So clearly at the end of the lecture from last week

显然在上周课程的最后
you can really begin to sense a growing sense of mounting hostility,

你们会开始感受到双方敌意不断上升
even among some people a sense of growing alienation.

甚至于人心间的疏远越来越明显
And you can hear this on both sides

从上周读过的盖奇与亚当斯双方
coming from the accounts of the Boston Massacre

在波士顿惨案后写下的记叙
by both Gage and Adams--and I read from them last week.

可看出这点
And I did mention in class when I read from them

当我读那时的作品时有提到
that they were of course writing with a purpose in mind

作者们写这些文章当然都是有目的的
so they were interested in being particularly bold

所以他们喜欢用大胆的