Hey. I'm not a lumberjack or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo, or eat blubber, or own a dogsled.

你好。我不是伐木工人也不是毛皮贸易商，而且我也不住在圆顶冰屋内，或者吃鲸脂或拥有狗拉雪橇。

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Three hundred years ago, a French trader turned up to create a safe haven for his fur business; he started making connections and pretty soon Detroit was born.

三百年前，一位法国商人为自己的皮革生意建立了一座安全的避风港；人们便开始聚拢过来生活，随后不久底特律就诞生了。

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In South Dakota, a fur-trader was caught selling cat skins.

在达科塔南部，一个捉猫并贩卖猫皮的商人被逮捕。

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From a French fur trader with an iron hand to the Army Corps of Engineers reshaping the riverbed, Indian casinos built on brownfields to 280, 000 radioactive mice buried at the Falls, many of Niagara's stories are like the drums secreted in its landfills: shoved out of sight, covered over to look presentable, and driven by with glazed eyes, a quick flick of the radio volume.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Inventing Niagara'