来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》

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  And sometimes merchants actually signed written agreements
  有时候商人还签署书面契约
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  that they would not import British goods,
  保证他们不会进口英国货品
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  so unity among the merchants could be a powerful thing
  因此商人间的团结是强有力的
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  and in the North that operated pretty effectively.
  并且在北方 这组织运作得相当有效率
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  So for example,
  举例来说
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  Rhode Island when--And I swear I'm really not inserting Rhode Island
  我保证我不是故意让
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  into every moment in which a random bad thing happens.
  频繁出现在坏事中
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  Today we have two--at least two--
  今天我们有至少两次
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  and every time I come across one I think,
  每次我提到它时 我会想
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  is it just because I'm aware of Rhode Island?
  是我刚好想到罗得岛州呢
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  Is it because I'm thinking about Rhode Island
  还是我老是想着罗得岛州
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  that Rhode Island appears to be there so much?
  所以罗得岛州出现次数如此频繁