来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第2集 第2集》
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these gentlefolk from the common masses.与普通大众区分开来 -
Right? These sort of gentlemen and gentlewomen.对吧 那些绅士还有贵妇人 -
They dressed differently;他们衣着有所区别 -
they held themselves differently;行为上更为拘谨 -
they spoke differently;谈吐也有所差异 -
you addressed these people by Mister or Madame or Esquire.你要用先生 女士或阁下来称呼他们 -
You actually visibly could tell其实你能很明显地认出 -
who the sort of upper-crust people in society were.社会中的上流阶层 -
Some families held obvious power一些家族曾有显耀的权利 -
but again not in the unquestionable way that但他们不再像在英国时那样 -
the aristocracy remained in control in England.有着不可动摇的地位 -
A lot of these people that I just mentioned我刚才提到的这些人