来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》
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of course, other colonists from other regions当然 其它殖民地的居民并不赞成 -
would have disagreed而且他们中的 -
and would have claimed, as many did,许多人认为 -
that the South was aristocratic in the extreme,南方人极度傲慢 -
that they had a true haughty aristocratic elite,他们拥有傲慢自大的上层人士和种植园主 -
plantation owners and then a glut of poor common folk.以及一群可怜的普通人 -
Not surprisingly--毫不意外的... -
this is not going to be a surprise to anyone--这将不会再让人感到惊讶... -
southern society was structured around南方社会以广泛分布的 -
widely-scattered plantations种植园为中心 -
which essentially functioned like small villages它们的职能类似于小村庄 -
owned and controlled by southern gentlemen.归南方绅士所有并控制