来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》

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  that he wrote a few months after the massacre.
  写了一系列的文章
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  So Adams writes:
  亚当斯写道:
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  "I appeal to the common sense of mankind.
  "我呼吁全体有良知的人们
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  To what a state of misery and infamy must a people be reduced!
  推翻这个经历了惨痛和骂名的政府
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  To have a governor by the sole appointment of the crown;
  这个被英国国王所指派的总督
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  under the absolute control of a weak and arbitrary minister,
  被一个无能又专横的政府所控制
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  to whose dictates he is to yield an unlimited obedience,
  只会任人摆布
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  or forfeit his political career:
  并毁掉自己的政治生涯
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  while he is to be supported at the expense of the people,
  但他的支持是以人民为代价
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  by virtue of an authority claimed by strangers."
  靠着局外人所声称的权力"
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  And that's really an interesting statement.
  这是个相当有趣的陈述
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  Strangers-He's referring to Parliament. Right?
  局外人...他指的是英国国会