But it's worth remembering

但我们仍应该记住
that a lot of Americans were preoccupied

很多美国人正关注着
with the same things they always were: price of wheat,

他们一向关注的事情小麦的价格
a sick cow, wages at a textile mill,

生病的奶牛纺织厂的工资
a son who wants to marry and needs land,

儿子要结婚了需要有块地
a daughter who wants to marry an Irishman,

女儿想和一个爱尔兰人结婚
or, most of all,

或者关注最多的问题是
all those Catholics arriving in New York City and Philadelphia.

来到纽约城和费城的那些天主教徒
Huge numbers of Irish catholics--

大量爱尔兰天主教徒
they're going to Catholicize America,

要把美国变成一个天主教国家了
they're going to turn every small outhouse into a confessional.

他们要把所有户外厕所都变成告解所
We laugh today, it's easy to laugh at this,

今天我们会嘲笑这个想法嘲笑很容易