来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》

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  So remember there's a pattern I pointed out in an earlier lecture
  要记得我之前在讲
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  when I was talking about previous attempts at colonial union,
  殖民地联盟的早期行动时提到一个模式
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  and I mentioned in that lecture that one of the main things
  我在那节课还提到一个
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  that really drives the colonies to join together in an effort
  促使殖民地者团结的因素
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  is some kind of a threat--
  是危机感
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  so basically self-defense is a really good motivator.
  基本上自我保护意识是很好的激励因素
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  And so typically in the past
  在过去 通常情况下
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  something would threaten the colonies,
  有威胁到殖民地的事情发生
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  inter-colonial unity suddenly seemed important,
  殖民地间的快速联合是很重要的
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  there'd be some kind of a movement
  在这个时候
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  to do something together for the moment,
  有些事要大家共同去完成
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  and then when the crisis passed the unity passed as well.
  当危机过去后联盟也散了