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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you'll know it's the story你们就会知道 -
of a black man who's passing for white,这是一个黑人冒充白人的故事 -
but because he's passing in the South因为他是生活在南方 -
he gets to see things that people don't know he's seeing他能亲眼看到人们所不知道的事情 -
And of course the book ends,当然这本故事的结尾 -
as so many books did in this time, with a lynching和很多同类书的结尾一样 以一场私刑结束 -
This is Ex-Colored man--he doesn't have any other name--这个曾是黑人的人 他没有别的名字 -
describing what he sees描述道他的所见所闻 -
"A railroad tie was sunk into the ground"一根铁路的枕木插在地里 -
The rope was removed and a chain brought受刑人身上的绳索没有了 -
and securely coiled around the victim and the stake取而代之的是坚固的锁链 -
There he stood, a man only in form and stature他站在那里 如同一座雕塑