来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》
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but the like-minded新英格兰排斥 -
who shared their religious sense of purpose--所有拥有不同宗教目的的个体 -
New England was not really diverse这导致它的 -
religiously or ethnically.宗教和民族呈现单一化 -
And it was this lack of diversity,正因为新英格兰社会 -
the kind of insular nature of New England society,思想保守 缺乏多样性 -
that made many people think of New Englanders许多人都认为 -
as kind of--新英格兰人有点 -
well, their word for it was unmixed--他们所用的形容词是"纯粹的" -
sort of stiff and awkward:古板而难对付 -
they're not used to being out in the world,他们不经常与外界交流 -
they don't know how to have conversations with people不知该如何与不同类的人