To hear some critics tell it, things have been going south in this country since the cruel winter in Jamestown, Va., in 1609, when most of the settlers died.

听听批评者是怎么说的吧，自从1609年弗吉尼亚州詹姆·斯顿那个残酷的冬天，大部分定居者死后，美国就在走下坡路。

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Fort Monroe, Va., a fishhook-shaped spit of land near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, had been a military post since the time of the first Jamestown settlers.

Fort Monroe Va是坐落在Chesapeake 湾的一片形似鱼钩的土地，自从首批移民在Jamestown安顿下来之后，这里就一直是一个军事据点。

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Remember, this year marks the 400th anniversary of the settlement in Jamestown, Va.

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Recently discovered bones of a 14-year-old girl show clear signs that she was eaten the first solid evidence of cannibalism in 17th-century Jamestown, Va.

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