来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第6集 第6集》

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  In a way they were sort of part of the political system,
  某种程度上 暴动是政治体系的一部分
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  something that people were supposed to do when they felt outraged.
  人们感到气愤难当时 以此来表达不满
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  It was sort of a way of venting popular protest,
  算是一种公众发泄的渠道
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  and usually early American mobs were pretty conservative.
  美国早期的暴乱通常很保守
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  They were usually focused on protecting the good of
  尽可能不采取哄抬物价
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  the community from things like unfairly high food prices
  或非法商业行为等方式
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  or illegal business practices.
  以保护大众的利益
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  Normally, they weren't really excited about tearing things down.
  一般而言 他们对于毁坏公物不感兴趣
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  Normally, they involved some marching and some yelling,
  通常会采取游行示威的形式
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  there was a lot of effigy-burning,
  还会烧毁一些肖像
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  and then people went home.
  然后大家就各自回家
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  So early American mobs again are almost kind of procedural.
  美国早期的暴乱几乎有固定流程