the colonists had with England both positive and negative;

与英国的两面关系积极和消极的
we talked about their sense of England--

讲到了他们的英国情节
and particularly London--

尤其是那种伦敦情节
as being the sort of the center of the empire

视那片土地为整个大英帝国的中心
and almost the center of the universe;

甚至是世界的核心
and we talked about the colonists' simultaneous concerns about

我们还谈到殖民者的一个共同的担忧
maybe not quite being as good as the people

也就是他们与那些居住在强盛的
who were at that wonderful sophisticated center of the universe.

世界中心的英国本土人相比会略逊一筹
And I closed the lecture by noting that in many ways

最后我还提到他们的待遇在许多方面
the colonists were never as British

与英国本土人南辕北辙
as when they began to object

由于没有被赋予
and then ultimately rebel against their mother country

同等的英国公民的权利