I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill.

我把一只圆形的坛子，放在田纳西的山顶。

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Governor Winthrop when he gave his speech to the puritans on the ship, on the Mayflower, he said : "We shall be a city upon a hill."

温斯洛普总督,当他站在船上，面对着清教徒发表演讲时，在五月花上，他说,我们应该建造山上的城“

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