Anderson did grow up poor. Her father, a railroad laborer, died when she was 12; she didn’t attend high school because her family depended on money she earned from singing and domestic work.

安道森出身贫寒.她的父亲,一个铁路公司的劳工,在她12岁那一年去世;她没有进入大学进修,因为她的家庭得靠她的演唱和做女工所得的收入来维持.(她最后获得了一个高校文凭.)

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The railroad slopes up slightsly at this point.

铁路在此处有轻微的倾斜。

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The railroad barrier won't go up.

铁道平交道口的栅栏没有上去。

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They burned bridges and pulled up railroad tracks.

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So, if you're looking back, say, from the end of the nineteenth century, it's not easy to see, but you can see these-- don't ever think that history runs on railroad tracks, and all you need is the timetable to show when modernization shows up.

所以,当你回顾历史,从十九世纪的末尾开始,虽然不太容易,但还是可以看出...,别以为历史是在固定轨道上行进的,别以为你只用拿时刻表,就知道新时代什么时候来临

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A short time later,state soldiers were used to break up a strike by railroad workers in New York.

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We accelerated up to a railroad viaduct and started down it.

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Spruce Pine grew up around the railroad, which still runs through downtown, did well for decades, sending local textiles and furniture to the rest of America.

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Cities sprang up along riverbanks and railroad tracks.

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