来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  As our friend, Mr.Hamilton, or Dr.Hamilton, was noting,
  正如我们的汉密尔顿先生所说
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  there were immigrants from Germany,
  殖民者有来自德国的
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  Scotland, Ireland, there were Quakers,
  苏格兰的 爱尔兰的 有贵格会教徒
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  there were Roman Catholics, Congregationalists,
  天主教徒 公理会教友
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  and then later on Methodists and Baptists.
  后来还有卫理公会教徒和佛教徒
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  So generally speaking, it's a reasonably pluralistic society
  总而言之 这是一个相当多元化
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  with a relatively high tolerance for diversity,
  并且善于容纳百川的社会
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  although New Englanders in some ways,
  即使美国新英格兰的居民
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  particularly in early colonial times, are a little bit less tolerant.
  尤其是在殖民早期 并不能从容接受
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  Related to this diversity is yet another colonial
  另外一个殖民地特征也与多元化有关
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  distinction, and that's the religiosity in
  那就是殖民地存在的宗教崇拜
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  the colonies, which is really heightened by
  这在1730年到1760年的