来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命第7集第7集》

almost ritualized demonstrations of protest.

形式化的抗议游行
So what we have here is not a wild riot on these ships.

现在在船上并不是大规模的骚乱
Protestors were so careful

抗议者小心翼翼地
not to do anything other than make their point,

只做他们要做的事
not to do anything other than destroy tea,

除了销毁茶叶不做其它的事
that allegedly they brought a locksmith with them

人群中带着一名锁匠
to open locks or repair locks that were broken.

帮他们开锁或者修坏了的锁
These are people who understand property rights. Right?

这些人懂得财产权不是吗
'We value property.

'我们尊重你的财产
We don't want to break your locks.'

我们不想弄坏你的锁'
They're not actually out to get the ship owners;

他们不是赶来抓船主
they just want the tea.

他们只想着茶叶