来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第2集 第2集》

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  That's a nifty order,
  要是那样就好了
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  to be deferent to those beneath you and respected.
  恭敬和尊重地位比你低的人
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  You would be respectful to those above,
  你要尊重地位比你高的人
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  and people below you would be deferential to you,
  地位比你低的人要对你表示恭敬
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  so basically everyone is in their place and everybody is
  所以每个人都扮演好自己的角色
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  acting respectful and deferential as they properly should,
  保证尊卑有序
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  and this-- you'll see a lot of this in Gordon Wood.
  戈登·伍德的书中有很多这样的论述
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  Now of course the American version of
  当然美国式的
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  this great social order, this great hierarchy,
  社会秩序和阶层划分
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  is different in some ways from its British equivalent
  在很多方面 都与英国的不同
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  because the colonies lacked both the top-most
  因为殖民地社会没有英国社会中的
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  and the bottom-most rungs of society in England.
  最高层和最底层的阶级