来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命第3集第3集》

I heard this and contradicted it not, because I knew that

我听到后并没有反驳
the first part of the proposition was pretty true."

因为前半部分是说得没错"
He's like, yeah, we are drunk

作者的心理就是好吧我们酗酒
and we do swear a lot and we're rude in Maryland

还喜欢骂脏话行为举止也很粗鲁
so, okay. I think that's true.

好吧我接受事实就是如此
"But what appeared most comical in their criticism

"但是他们的批评言论中最喜剧的是
was their making a merit of the stoniness of the roads."

他们对石子路大加称赞
As one put it:"One may ride ...

其中一人原话是
fifty miles in Maryland and not see as many stones

恐怕驾车在马里兰行驶了五十英里
upon the roads as fifty paces of roads in Pennsylvania."

遇到的石子也难及在宾夕法尼亚步行五十步多
This I knew to be false,

我知道这不可能
but as I thought there was no advantage in stony roads,

但同时我又想到石子路有什么好的