This is also -I keep thinking how British we are; this is New England and this is the United States, a former British colony.

这也是...,我常想,我们真的很"英国",这里称为新英格兰地区,而美国过去也是英国的殖民地

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The American people, well, America used to be a British colony

美国人，美国曾经是英国的一个殖民地，

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This is not the case--well, before the British gave Hong Kong back, Hong Kong was a crown colony, it was British territory.

这和Apoikia不是一回事,例如英国归还香港之前,香港是英国的殖民地,是它的领土

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