来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》

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  'cause you guys are like hostages.
  因为你们就像人质
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  It means I get to say whatever I want
  意思是我想到什么我就讲什么
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  and I get to tell random stories--
  我可以随机地讲故事...
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  but this actually does demonstrate the sort of
  但这个故事的确说明了
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  ritual of tea drinking everywhere.
  各地饮茶的仪式
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  So the whole tea ceremony was important in the colonies.
  茶道在殖民地的地位很重要
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  I came across this account from a foreign observer,
  我从法国观察员的记述中
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  actually from France.
  发现这个故事
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  And he shows up in the colonies,
  他来到殖民地
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  and he says in a letter to a friend
  并在给朋友的信中写道
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  that he'd never quite seen anything like the colonial obsession
  他从没见过比殖民地者更痴迷于
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  with serving tea.
  侍茶的