来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第24集 第24集》

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  and all I can do,
  而我的能力
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  I can put down on paper some little old figures
  也只限于在报纸上找到熟悉的字母
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  but I can't add 'em up"
  但就是不懂什么意思"
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  Now, Ned went on to be a land owner
  后来 纳特成为了一名农场主
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  One of the most moving passages in this book
  他的自传中最感人的一篇文章
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  comes toward the end when he buys his first mule,
  是在结尾处 他给自己买了第一头骡子
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  when he puts his first stinking, smelly mule in his own stable
  当他赶着那只臭骡子回到自己的马厩中
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  It's like a religious experience
  这确实像一次宗教体验
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  Smelling a mule is not exactly my idea
  一只臭骡子对我来说
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  of a religious experience, but it was to Ned
  并不是一次宗教体验 但是对纳特是
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  But he really is hard on his father
  他确实很怨恨自己的父亲
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  It's an honest, honest illustration of
  这是对自由人的孩子