来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  Food was plentiful, there were plenty of open spaces,
  物产丰富 地域广袤
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  and you can actually see this concretely
  其实你还可以看到具体的不同
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  when you look at the average size of an English man
  比如英国本土居民
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  and an English woman and a colonial man and colonial woman
  和殖民地居民
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  towards the turn--the middle of the eighteenth century.
  在十八世纪中叶革命前夕的平均身高
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  Basically, the average size of an Englishman in the middle of
  基本上 英国人在18世纪中期的
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  the eighteenth century was 5 foot 6.
  平均身高是五尺六寸
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  And the--This made me happy.
  让我很高兴的是
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  The average size of an English woman was 5 feet,
  英国女性在当时的平均身高是五英尺
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  which is basically me.
  跟我差不多
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  It makes me so happy to think
  当我想到我的身高能赶上
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  there's a time when I was average height.
  从前某个时期的平均身高 我就好高兴