One-third of every steamboat built in the United States before 1850 exploded and destroyed became a wreck.

850年以前,美国制造的每三艘蒸汽船,就有一艘爆炸或毁坏,彻底地报销

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In 1860 slaves as an asset were worth more than all of America's manufacturing, all of the railroads, all of the productive capacity of the United States put together.

860年,奴隶作为财产的产值超过了,美国所有的制造业,所有的铁路,和所有产业的产值总和

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General Motors, as you know, is an auto producer in the United States and it hasn't been doing well, as you may have heard -as is the general auto industry in this country; it's suffering under competition from abroad.

通用汽车公司,众所周知,是美国的汽车制造商,它现在效益不好,也许你们听说过,整个国内汽车行业的情况都不好,它承受着来自海外品牌的竞争

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