来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第2集 第2集》

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  "And such at its best it remains today."
  "这些优点一直保留到了现在"
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  Then comes a "But." But the South, he says,
  接着出现了一个"但是" 但是南方人
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  is also characterized by, quote,
  他说 也有以下特点 比如
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  "Violence, intolerance, aversion,
  "崇尚暴力 观念偏狭 充满憎恨
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  suspicion toward new ideas, an incapability for analysis,
  常常怀疑新观念 缺乏分析能力
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  an inclination to act from feeling rather than from thought,
  做事凭感觉而不是思考
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  attachment to fictions and false values,
  沉迷于虚构的事物和错误的价值观
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  above all too great attachment to racial values
  最后他们太过纠结种族问题
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  and a tendency to justify cruelty and injustice."
  并且有为残暴和不公行为正名的倾向"
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  Some of the South's greatest critics, of course,
  一些南方问题上最伟大的批评家 显然
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  have been Southerners.
  都是南方人
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  What's distinctive about the South,
  南方有什么特别的呢