来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第1集 第1集》

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  He was actually this renowned doctor from the revolutionary
  实际上 他自美国革命及立国早期
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  and early national period
  便名声在外
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  and he had a lot of high-placed political friends.
  也与许多政治高层交往甚密
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  So here's Benjamin Rush writing in 1787:
  本杰明·拉什于1787年写道
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  "There is nothing more common
  "将美国革命
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  than to confound the terms of the American Revolution
  与美国战争混为一谈
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  with those of the late American war.
  再平常不过了
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  The American war is over
  美国战争虽然鸣金收兵
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  but this is far from being the case
  但美国革命
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  with the American Revolution.
  远未结束
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  On the contrary, nothing but the first act
  相反 这部历史大戏
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  of this great drama is closed."
  仅落下了第一幕"