来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  So here you see three average people trying clearly,
  大家可以轻易看出 至少作者看在眼里
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  or at least to Hamilton, trying clearly to impress or
  这三个普通百姓千方百计想讨好他
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  please him in some way.
  给他留下好印象
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  Clearly, he is sort of snarkily feeling as though
  很明显 他很不耐烦
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  he's above them in social status.
  总觉得自己的社会地位高人一等
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  His tavern companions feel a little bit awkward.
  因此这三个酒馆同伴倍感窘迫
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  They're apologizing all the time and saying,
  不停地道歉说
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  'Well, I'm just a plain speaker,'
  "我说话不经大脑"
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  all of which Hamilton clearly finds amusing.
  这些在汉密尔顿看来都十分滑稽
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  And this anecdote suggests two things.
  这段趣事说明了两点
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  First it shows people of different social ranks
  首先表明了不同社会阶层的人
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  obviously socializing, and shows several, well,
  会相互交往 表明了几位