来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第10集 第10集》

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  guarded by some 3,000 American troops.
  三千名美国士兵负责守卫法场
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  There were all kinds of fears of attempts to break him out
  当时政府怕他逃脱
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  and seize him by Northern Yankee bands.
  或者北方佬来劫法场
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  There were all kinds of threats.
  他们顾虑重重
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  There were escape plans in the newspapers.
  报纸甚至登出了他的逃亡计划
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  And by the way, one of the most startling things
  顺便说下 约翰·布朗的故事
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  about the John Brown story,
  最令人震惊之处是
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  once it broke --
  只要它一发生
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  there had never been a sensation quite like this in American newspapers.
  必定成为美国报纸争相报道的新闻
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  Here was the South's oldest, greatest, worst fear.
  那是南方长久以来最为惧怕的事情
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  An abolitionist from the north with a band of men
  废奴主义者带着一队全副武装的人马
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  and a bunch of weapons invading the South
  来势汹汹地进攻南方