来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

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  The slave trade revolving around tobacco or cotton
  为了获得烟草 棉花
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  or coffee or sugar
  咖啡 或糖块的奴隶交易
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  would tend to mix slaves and laborers
  会将来自不同语言背景的奴隶
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  from different language backgrounds,
  和劳动者们混在一起
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  in part deliberately,
  这也在某种程度上
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  so as to avoid the possibility of revolt.
  谨慎地避免了可能的造反
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  What would happen is these people who were enslaved from different cultures
  这些来自不同文化的被奴役的个体
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  would develop a makeshift communication system
  会创造出一种临时的交流系统
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  so they could talk to one another.
  以便他们之间能够互相交流
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  And this is called a "Pidgin," P-I-d-g-I-n, a pidgin.
  这就是所谓的"混杂语言"
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  And this pidgin was how they would talk.
  他们会使用这种混杂语言来进行交流
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  And this pidgin was not a language.
  而实际上混杂语言并不是一种语言