来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第8集 第8集》

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  So in a way we put a lot of baggage
  【某种程度上我们给"议会"加上了很沉重的含义】
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  into the word "Congress"
  我们在某种程度上给议会这词加上了很深的含义
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  as though,
  好像
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  'oh, it's a bunch of Americans joined in a congress,'
  这是一群美国人联合起来参加了议会
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  but it's not a Congress in our modern sense of the word.
  但是这不是我们现代意义上的议会
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  It really is in their mind a sort of delegation
  在他们观点里只是
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  of people representing different nation-states,
  代表不同州的人组成的代表团
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  which is why it was so interesting for them
  因此他们聚集在一起
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  to collect together and get to exchange thoughts.
  交流意见很有趣
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  And then third,
  第三
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  to John Adams and some others,
  对于约翰·亚当斯和其他人
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  the fact that now this Congress existed seemed to be,
  这个议会出现的事实似乎