来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  You can hear this sort of mixture of things in a comment
  你可以在一则评论中获悉这种融合的情况
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  by a British officer in the colonies
  这则评论的作者是一名英国官员
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  during the French and Indian War.
  写于法国和印第安战争期间
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  And he observed and wrote back home, "'Tis the nature of
  他观察并在家信中写道 "正是他们的
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  this people to do all in their power to pull down every legal authority.
  独立自主的天性推翻了一切合法权威
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  There is no law prevailing at present here."
  目前这里没有任何现行的法律"
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  That's a little bit of an exaggeration I would say
  我会觉得这句话有点儿夸张
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  -but another arrogant British quote.
  但还有另一条引自傲慢的英国人的材料
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  I always do lots of arrogant British quotes.
  我总在引用这些傲慢的英国人的材料
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  "There is no law prevailing at present here,
  "目前我在这里没有发现任何现行法律
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  that I have met with, but the rule every man pleases
  但这里的每个人都乐意
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  to lay down to himself.
  给自己制定规则