来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第2集 第2集》

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  called Colonel or General
  就会称他为将军或上校
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  because they seemed important
  因为他们看着像重要人物
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  and thus they must have a military rank.
  所以他们肯定有个军衔
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  And I actually found a diary of someone,
  关于这事 我曾看到过一段有趣的日记
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  this sort of member of the South Carolina elite,
  有个南卡罗来纳州的社会名流
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  and he was wandering around in the backcountry.
  有次 他去穷乡僻壤游玩
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  And he says in his diary, no matter where he went,
  他在日记里说道 不管他走到哪里
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  he was called Colonel, which amazed him because he
  他都被称为上校 这让他很吃惊
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  said not only had he never had any military service but--
  因为他就没有服过兵役
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  and I don't know what this means;
  我不确定下面这些引用的含义
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  I don't know enough about him to know--
  毕竟我对他并不是很了解
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  but he kept saying over and over again,
  总之他一遍又一遍地说