来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第6集 第6集》

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  they're mild, nothing very dramatic is being done here.
  手段温和 不想造成巨大的改变
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  These come to be known as
  这些举措就是现在我们所熟知的
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  the Townshend Acts of 1767.
  1767年《汤森税法》
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  And sure enough, the initial response
  毫无疑问 最初对于《汤森税法》的
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  to the Townshend Acts is relatively weak.
  反对声音非常微弱
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  But, colonial anger is raised yet again by a publication
  但殖民地居民的不满又因为当地居民
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  by a colonist named John Dickinson.
  约翰·迪金森发表的文章而高涨
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  He's a Pennsylvanian.
  他是宾夕法尼亚人
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  He's in Pennsylvania and he writes a series of letters.
  他在宾夕法尼亚接连写了好几封信
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  First they appear in a Pennsylvania newspaper.
  它们首先发表在宾夕法尼亚的报纸上
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  They're eventually published in other colonial newspapers,
  后来又出现在其他殖民地的报纸上
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  and then finally they're put together and published in a pamphlet.
  最终这些信件集结成册出版了