"Inglorious Basterds" stars Brad Pitt and Eli Roth.

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Go into Grove Street Cemetery some go visit his grave and say, "It's not your fault Eli."

走进韦街公墓,会有人到他的坟前悼念,说,"这不是你的错,伊莱"

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Good old Eli Whitney, it's his fault we had the cotton boom and slavery grew, and you get sort of Eli Whitney to the Civil War.

伊莱·惠特尼发明的轧棉机,促使了棉花产业兴盛和奴隶需求量猛增,可以说惠特尼在某种程度上导致了内战的爆发

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And then we have a great war for weeks and it's all Eli Whitney.

随后这场持续数周的战争打响了,这都归咎于伊莱·惠特尼

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