professor here at Yale, Kariann Yokota,

另一位教授卡莉安·横田
and some of her work shows--I found this really fascinating--

我惊奇地在她的著作中发现
that the British regularly sent damaged

英国人会把损坏或次等的
or second-rate goods to the colonists

商品运到殖民地
because they figured the colonists wouldn't know the difference.

因为他们觉得殖民地居民看不出区别
They just kept the first-rate stuff for themselves,

他们把最好的商品留给自己
Broken?

至于坏的
Massachusetts.

运到马萨诸塞
They'll never know.

他们看不出来
Last week's, last year's style?

过时的服装
Massachusetts.

运到马萨诸塞
So basically all of this shows

这些例子说明