Still, they like to preserve the fiction of the citizen soldier.

然而，老总们却乐于维持自己虚构的公民战士形象。

Yet, war had not been declared. Even so, citizen soldiers in each of the thirteen American colonies were ready to fight.

然而，双方还没有正式开战。即便如此，美国13个殖民地的公民士兵都准备好了战斗。

War had not been declared. But citizen soldiers in each of the thirteen American colonies were ready to fight.

战争尚未宣战。 但是，十三个美洲殖民地的公民士兵都做好了战斗的准备。

Battles had been fought between Massachusetts soldiers and British military forces in the towns of Lexington and Concord. Yet, war had not been declared. Even so, citizen soldiers in each of the thirteen American colonies were ready to fight.

上次我们讲到麻萨诸塞殖民地的民兵和英国部队在列克星敦和康科德交战。那时候，双方还没有正式宣战，但是十三个殖民地的民兵们都已经做好了征战的准备。