来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第6集第6集》

as I hope you know,

我希望你们知道
a two-thirds vote of the U.S. Senate.

这需要通过三分之二美国议员的投票
He just did it, and Texas was annexed.

但他就是这么做了德州合并了
Now, Congress eventually did vote approval of this,

国会最终通过了这个计划的
in a frankly sectionalized vote,

方式是分区投票的
which was a harbinger of things to come.

这也预示了将要发生的事情
But James K. Polk, this expansionist president,

但是詹姆斯·伯克这个扩张主义总统
expansionist slaveholding president,

扩张奴隶制的总统
now, became the sixth of the first ten American presidents

现在成为了美国历史上前十位总统中
who was a slaveholder.

的第六个奴隶主
This is significant.

这是很重要的
If you'll actually look back--

如果你们回顾历史