来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》

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  New Haven is its own little settlement.
  纽黑文自成一派
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  I--It happens several times in this course
  这个过程中的很多场合
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  that New Haven just appears all by itself,
  纽黑文都是独自出席的
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  which I always kind of love
  这点很令我欣赏
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  because you just don't expect it to sort of sit there
  因为没人想到独自出席这种事情
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  all by itself having historical prominence, but here it is.
  会具有历史意义 但这确实发生了
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  So Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut,
  马萨诸塞湾 普利茅斯 康涅狄格
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  and New Haven
  和纽黑文
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  decided that they wanted to form a confederation
  想要成立一个联盟
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  to defend themselves against Dutch expansion
  来抵御荷兰人的扩张
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  and hostile Indian tribes,
  和印第安部落的威胁
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  and to create some kind of forum
  并成立一个法庭