来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第19集 第19集》

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  Let us do it."
  咱们来做这个吧"
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  And at first Grant and his staff said,
  格兰特和他幕僚的第一反应是
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  "no, no, no, no, this is too crazy."
  "不 不 不 不 这太疯狂了"
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  They sat down with him,
  他们试图劝说格兰特
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  they convinced him they could do it, and they did it.
  让他相信这策略是可行的 他们也做到了
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  Five hundred yards of a tunnel, they ventilated it,
  500码长的地道被打通
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  the Confederates on the other side.
  邦联军队在另一边
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  And the lines in some areas here
  他们的部分防线
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  were never more than 150 to 200 yards apart.
  相距不超过150码到200码
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  They actually did hear some digging, we're told later,
  据事后回忆 他们其实听到了一些响动
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  but they didn't know what the hell it was.
  但他们并没有在意
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  And then they dug a counter-trench at the end, inside,
  联邦军队在地道末尾挖了个T型壕