来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》

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  he's sent out by the governor of Virginia to investigate
  他受命于弗吉尼亚总督
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  and see what's happening
  前去
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  with these sort of French movements
  对法军在边境的行动
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  on the frontier.
  进行调查
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  So Washington and his men apparently
  华盛顿和他的手下
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  tramp around the frontier for a while and ultimately
  在边境受困了一段时间
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  they find a small party of French soldiers
  最终 他们发现了一小队
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  in an encampment
  露营的法军
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  and they open fire on them and kill a lot of them,
  并向他们开枪 射杀了不少士兵
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  and then discover unfortunately after the fact
  事情结束后 他不幸地发现
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  that actually it was a neutral ambassador
  那其实是一位手握协商书
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  holding papers for a negotiation, and his diplomatic escort.
  的中立国大使和他的外交护卫队