来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第5集 第5集》

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  I'm just like: must find stamp man.
  我只是想 必须要找到卖邮票的人
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  So the stamp man I was told,
  我被告知 卖邮票的人
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  I think, was in the--logically enough in the post office.
  我想按道理他应该是在邮局
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  However, the stamp man's hours were unclear to me.
  但是我并不清楚邮票贩的工作时间
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  I couldn't figure out when he was there.
  我想不出来他什么时候在那里
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  It took me a long time to find the stamp man and to buy the stamp,
  我花了很久才找到那人 买了邮票
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  and then I had to go back to the courthouse and I did.
  然后我要回到法院大楼 我也回去了
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  I had to paste it in a book and I had to swear an oath of some kind.
  我要把它粘在一本书里 还要宣某种誓
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  And there was this whole sort of colonial experience I was having.
  这就是我所有的殖民地经历
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  But in the middle of this, when I couldn't find the stamp man--
  但是其中 当我找不到卖邮票的人
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  and I was dying to do this research--
  当我急着完成这个研究调查时
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  it was not until I actually said out loud, "Curse that stamp man"
  直到我大叫 "这该死的邮票贩子"