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 it would have to be imported--
  必须依靠进口
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  plus it was kind of central to socializing.
  加上茶是社交的中心
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  Everybody drank tea.
  人人都喝茶
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  That was the thing to do--
  要做的就是...
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  was to drink tea with great ceremony--
  隆重其事地喝茶...
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  among some people to have tea cups and tea spoons--
  一些人拥有茶杯或茶勺...
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  so North just assumed on a whole bunch of levels:
  因此诺思笼统地做出判断
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  can't be easily boycotted;
  这不易被抵制
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  they really like tea in those colonies, just like us here;
  殖民地者就像我们一样爱喝茶
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  makes us a reasonable amount of money;
  这给我们带来不错的收入
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  that's the thing that'll stay.
  就是它了 保留茶税
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  Now when I was writing this lecture,
  当我在备课时