来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第15集 第15集》

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  was a huge and delicate and terrible political question.
  重大而微妙并且非常严峻的政治问题
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  And this is the Lincoln that will be forever debated
  这就是林肯 人们会永远讨论他
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  and it'll be debated next year like it's never been debated
  尤其是明年 讨论将更加激烈
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  because it's the bicentennial of his birth next year,
  因为明年是林肯诞辰两百周年
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  and as I've warned you, it will be raining Lincoln books
  我提醒你们 明年有关林肯的著作
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  and you will have to dodge them next year.
  将如潮水一般泛滥 你们得记得躲避
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  Now, after the war broke out
  当战争爆发以后
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  immediately some slaves began to come into Union lines.
  一些奴隶立即开始进入联邦境内
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  The first were at a fort in Florida,
  最先是在佛罗里达州的一个要塞
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  and then as early as May 1861, some slaves began to
  早在1861年5月 一些奴隶就开始
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  come into Union lines, handfuls,
  进入联邦境内 人数不多
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  near Fortress Monroe in Virginia.
  距离弗吉利亚州门罗堡不远