来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第2集 第2集》
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should not be allowed to go to Europe年轻的美国人去欧洲 -
because if impressionable young men went to Europe,因为易受影响的年轻人在游历欧洲后 -
they would be so impressed by Paris and London会对巴黎和伦敦留下深刻印象 -
that they would never be able to hold their heads up再回到马萨诸塞或弗吉尼亚时 -
in Massachusetts or Virginia.会抬不起头来 -
It would look so puny and insignificant in comparison相比之下 做个美国人 -
that they would never be good Americans ever again变成一件难以启齿的事 -
and that they'd have to go back to Europe.他们会选择回到欧洲 -
Now of course the British agreed generally with英国人对殖民地社会的评价 -
this assessment of colonial society.大体都是相同的 -
Colonists obviously were inferior他们认为殖民地居民低下 -
and rough and rustic and crude,粗野 老土而没教养