来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第1集 第1集》

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  but this is pretty much a high-stakes experiment.
  但确实是场高额赌局
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  So this class is going to explore
  因此 这门课将探讨
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  this big shift in mindset,
  人们思想的这一巨幅转变
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  and the war will be at the center of this shift,
  转变的中心将是战争
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  and it's going to do this from a participant's point of view.
  而我们将以参与者的视角来进行探讨
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  It's going to really grapple with how things made sense
  我们将紧扣在当时的历史背景条件下
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  at the time to the people who were there.
  事件如何顺理成章这一论题
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  And I'm going to go more in to that in a minute or two.
  待会我们会再深入讲这点
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  I want to talk for just a second about how the course is organized
  我先略讲下我们的课程结构
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  and just for a minute or two about some of the readings for the course.
  再介绍些相关读物
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  The course is partly chronological and partly thematic
  我们基本按时间或主题顺序来讲述这段历史
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  so we do proceed along,
  我们按照