来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命第1集第1集》

They were regular human beings.

他们也是常人
They were well educated, they were thoughtful,

他们受过良好的教育善于思考
they were sometimes well-meaning,

有时候充满善意
they were sometimes hard-working,

有时候勤奋工作
maybe sometimes not so much, they were people aiming high,

也许有时候不是但他们确实志存高远
they were people who did feel responsible to posterity,

对后代有着强烈的责任感
but still they were people.

尽管如此他们仍然只是人
And to me this is one of the really exciting things about

对我而言这是关于历史尤其这段历史
history generally and about this time period specifically.

最令人兴奋的东西
We're talking about people trying to figure things out.

我们在谈论一些想理清事理的人
We're talking about the most basic things about America--

我们在谈论美国最基本的东西
right?--its existence,

对吧它的存在