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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  a site in a very remote place, I must say, in upstate New York.
  那个地方离市中心很远 在纽约北部
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  They have a gathering there every year
  约翰·布朗协会的成员
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  of something called the John Brown Society.
  每年都会到那里集会
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  It's run by a bunch of people from New York City,
  该协会是有一群纽约市民组建的
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  and they have an annual speaker
  他们有一个年度发言人
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  and an annual pilgrimage to old John Brown's grave.
  每年都会去约翰·布朗坟前祭奠
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  And I had the privilege one year
  我曾经有幸在有一年
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  of giving that lecture in the courthouse where his body had laid in state.
  在停放他遗体的那个州政府里做过演讲
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  It was interesting to meet the erstwhile folks of the John Brown society,
  与约翰·布朗协会前成员会面很有趣
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  who are a strange and interesting lot,
  尽管他们挺奇怪 但也很有趣
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  I can assure you.
  我可以向你们保证
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  But it's an isolated place.
  那个地方有些与世隔绝