来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》
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in the school of popular government全民政府的良好熏陶 -
but that they weren't really skilled in personal relations.但却不善于处理人际关系 -
As he put it,他评价说 -
"New Englanders are awkward, bashful, pert,"新英格兰人笨拙 羞涩 冒失 -
ostentatious and vain,爱炫耀 自负 -
a mixture which excites ridicule and gives disgust."是个令人感到可笑并作呕的结合体" -
Some part of me thinks he was speaking about himself,我认为他这是在评价自己 -
which he could have been.不是没有这种可能 -
"Southerners," He claims,他说 "南方人 -
"Were skilled at display and gentlemanly manners"行为得体 举止优雅" -
but according to Adams而据亚当斯所说 -
"They were habituated to higher notions of themselves"他们通常会给予自己更高的评价