来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》
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to prove Parliamentary supremacy,证明国会至高无上的统治权 -
he decides to leave the tea tax in effect,他保留了茶税 -
and the logic behind that is,这背后的原因是 -
of all the taxed items所有税收之中 -
this was the most profitable to England,这是对英国最有利的 -
and it couldn't be manufactured in the colonies,并且茶无法在殖民地生产 -
so it would have to be imported--必须依靠进口 -
plus it was kind of central to socializing.加上茶是社交的中心 -
Everybody drank tea.人人都喝茶 -
That was the thing to do--要做的就是... -
was to drink tea with great ceremony--隆重其事地喝茶... -
among some people to have tea cups and tea spoons--一些人拥有茶杯或茶勺...