来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第13集 第13集》

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  The Anaconda Plan was basically to envelop the South,
  蟒蛇计划是为了包围南方
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  surround it by a naval blockade,
  用海军来封锁包围
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  use gunboats to penetrate the rivers down the Ohio,
  用炮艇从西面攻入俄亥俄和
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  the Mississippi, the Missouri if necessary, from the west,
  密西西比河 如需要 还有密苏里河
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  and up those rivers of Virginia and down the coast of the Carolinas,
  从弗吉尼亚的河到卡罗莱纳的海岸线
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  and, in effect, suffocate the South from outside, over time.
  为的就是从外部把南方团团围住
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  It might take a year, it might even take two years.
  可能需要一年 也可能两年
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  The idea here was to surround the South
  想法是要包围南方
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  and to force them ultimately
  为的就是逼着他们
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  to not just see the error of their ways
  倒不是说为了证明他们的作战方法是错的
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  but to see that they had no chance to win.
  逼着他们意识到赢是不可能的
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  This was a plan now that
  计划是这样的