I thought,maybe I'm doing that to Rhode Island.

我想或许我在对罗得岛州做同样的事
I hope not,but here is a Rhode Island moment,

我希望并不是这样现在有个关于罗得岛州的故事
okay? And it's an actual Rhode Island moment.

这是发生在罗得岛州的真实事件
Some Rhode Island merchants threatened

有些罗得岛州上的商人威胁说
to pull out of the non-importation agreement

他们要脱离反进口协议
because it's proving to be troublesome in a variety of ways,

因为据证实它会造成很多多麻烦
so when these Rhode Island merchants threatened this,

当罗得岛州的商人威胁要这样做时
merchants in Boston and New York and Philadelphia

波士顿纽约和费城的商人
actually imposed a boycott on Newport and Providence,

在纽波特普罗维登斯
Rhode Island.Right?

和罗得岛州发动了抵制活动
Okay.There's the power of association.

这就是组织的力量
'Oh,you're going to-- think you're going to import British goods?

'你认为你能进口英国货物啊