来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第1集 第1集》

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  I'm assuming that many of you have probably arrived here
  我猜你们中许多人
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  with some preconceived notions about the American Revolution.
  都是带有先入之见来看待美国革命的
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  I'm assuming that at least some of you are sitting there
  我猜你们中至少有些人坐在那
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  and in the back of your mind you're thinking--
  脑中正在想着
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  Declaration of Independence, a bunch of battles,
  《独立宣言》 若干战役
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  George Washington, a little bit of Paul Revere thrown in--
  乔治·华盛顿 也许还会想到保罗·列维尔
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  and all of those things are going to appear in the course
  当然 上述这些都会在课程中出现
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  but obviously the real American Revolution
  但显然 真正的美国革命
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  is a lot more complex than that.
  远不止如此
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  It's more than a string of names and documents and battles,
  它不仅仅是一系列人名 文献和战役
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  and as a matter of fact in many ways
  事实上 在许多方面
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  the American Revolution wasn't just a war.
  美国革命并非只是一场战争