So now a few years later, 1754,

几年之后在1754年
the Albany Congress at least investigates

奥尔巴尼会议至少考察了
the idea of some kind of a union of colonies,

这个殖民地联合的提议
and they actually appointed a committee to prepare basically a memorandum

实际上他们设立了一个委员会
outlining what might be a proposed union.

准备一个备忘可能涉及到联盟的提议
And the memorandum has a really eighteenth-century kind of title

备忘录得有一个十八世纪的题目
attached to it; the memorandum is titled

这个备忘录叫做
"Short Hints Towards a Scheme

"大陆上英属殖民地
for a General Union of the British Colonies on the Continent",

共同联合方案的简单提示"
which is one of the wonderful--

这是一个极好的...
Actually, that's short compared with some eighteenth-century pamphlet ttitles

实际上这和一些十八世纪册子的题目相比
that go on; when you're making footnotes

这还是短的你在做脚注时