来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》

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  that I offered in the introductory lecture that I gave,
  有一课叫做《弗里曼的五佳建议》
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  the Top Five Tips Towards Understanding the Revolution--
  其中提到了解革命的五条最佳建议
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  and I said, "Remember contingency"--
  我当时提到 "要记住偶然事件"
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  and I suppose that's a sort of subtheme of today's lecture,
  我想那应该算是本课的分专题
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  because we so assume
  因为我们想当然地认为
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  the logic and inevitability of a unified nation
  一个民族在某个时间点得到统一
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  at some point down the pike.
  是具有逻辑性和必然性的
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  I think it's really easy for us to forget some of the things
  对于我今天将要讲授的某些内容
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  that I'm going to be talking about today,
  大家很容易就会淡忘
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  which all add up to:
  这些都意味着
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  unity did not make sense a lot of the time.
  有些时候 统一并无道理可言
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  Now I think to really appreciate ultimately
  我认为 要想真正体会到