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Listen to part of a lecture in an American History class.
請聽美國歷史課上的部分內容。
We’ve been talking about the transformation---the industrialization of United States economy in the 19th century.
我們一直在講轉型——19世紀美國經濟的工業化。
As the country shifted from an agricultural to an industrial base, political power shifted too.
隨著這個國家從一個農業國轉變成一個工業國，其政治權利也發生了改變。
Businesses became...a lot of power went...went...went...went from the government into the hands of business leaders.
企業成為......很多權利從政府轉移到了商業領袖的手里。
So why did this happen? How did an elite group, a few business giants,
為什么會發生這種情況呢？一群精英人士，幾個商業大亨
how did they end up dominating,controlling a number of important national industries in the last quarter of the 19th century?
是如何在19世紀最后二十幾年獲得支配控制一大批重要的國家產業的權利的呢？
How did they get to be so dominant? How did they figure out?
他們如何變得如此有優勢的？他們怎么做到的？
How did they take advantage of the new industrialization of American society?
他們是如何利用美國社會的新工業化的呢？
Well, consider the example of Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry.
我們來看看Andrew Carnegie和鋼鐵產業的例子吧。
We have already discussed the development of a national network...
我們已經討論過了一個全國網絡......
a national system of railroads, well, this growth crated a tremendous demand for steel.
全國鐵路系統的發展，這種發展產生了對鋼鐵的巨大需求。
