来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第8集 第8集》

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  of some pretty basic British constitutional rights,
  一些基本英国宪法权利的法案
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  but these protestors were in the minority.
  但是这些反对者占少数
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  Now on top of these acts
  除了这些法案
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  the King sent a new governor to Massachusetts,
  国王给马萨诸塞州派了一个州长
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  Massachusetts General Thomas Gage,
  马萨诸塞总督托马斯·盖奇
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  commander of the British forces in North America.
  北美的英军元帅
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  So a military commander
  一个军队总督
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  was sent to be the new governor--again,
  被任命为新的州长
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  a pretty dramatic statement.
  再次一个很戏剧性的说法
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  So now in addition to all of those acts,
  现在除了这些法案
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  you have the looming threat certainly to the colonies
  殖民地人民面对将到的威胁
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  or the colonists in Massachusetts of a standing army
  就是在马萨诸塞州有一只注视着他们的常备军