来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》

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  as being really, really modern,
  是非常时髦的字眼
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  and then you discover it actually isn't really modern;
  结果却发现并没那么时髦
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  it dates all the way back.
  而是老掉牙的说法
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  I found a letter once from this time period
  我在那个时期的一封信中
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  in which someone said,
  看到有人写道
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  "I wanted to give so-and-so a good swift kick in the can."
  "我想把某某人打得屁股开花"
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  I don't expect someone to say that in 1799,
  我没想到1799年的时候会有人说
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  "A good swift kick in the can."
  "打得屁股开花"
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  The can?--they're saying that--I don't know.
  我没想到他们会说"屁股"
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  It's a little sort of more cas
  我还以为1799年的时候
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  than I thought they would be in 1799.
  他们会用"臀部"一类的词
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  But so in this diary account
  在这篇日记的叙述中