来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第3集 第3集》
-
it's all about slavery and its preservation?"今天我要讲的是奴隶制和对其保护" -
How did we get there?事情怎么会变成这样呢 -
Today I want to talk about,今天我想讲的 -
we're going to dwell on,并加以详述的是 -
ultimately, the Southern defense of slavery南方最终是如何捍卫奴隶制的 -
the arguments over time that they developed, layer upon layer,他们是如何从那些过时的论点中 -
drawing upon earlier arguments and building them into new ones抽丝剥茧 推陈出新 -
sometimes quite original甚至有些还很有创意 -
toward ultimately a virtually utopian defense最终形成一个他们以为是几乎无懈可击的理由 -
of slavery as a perfecting, perfectible,表明奴隶制哪怕还存在一些缺陷 -
if not perfected system.但也是不断进步 不断完善的 -
Now, I want to say one other quick thing现在 我想简单提一点别的东西