来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  I could back away and still hear him preaching."
  退到哪里还能听到他的布道声音
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  Clearfully--Clearly, at this moment,
  显然 此时此刻
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  he's not really thinking about the message.
  他并非在思考布道的内容
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  So I backed away "towards the river,
  所以我"朝着河流后退
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  and I found his voice distinct 'till I came near Front Street,
  而他的声音清晰 直到我走近前街
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  when some noise in the street obscured it."
  它才被街道上的吵闹声掩盖"
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  And at this point you can really hear the sort of
  这时你确实能够听到一点儿
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  Enlightenment come banging up against the Great Awakening.
  启蒙运动与大觉醒运动碰撞的声音
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  "Imagining then a semicircle,
  "然后想象一个半圆
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  of which my distance should be the radius,"
  以我走的距离作为半径"
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  "and that it was filled with auditors,
  "里面全是听众
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  to each of whom I allowed two square feet.
  每位听众大概占地两平方英尺