大意
It’s about the history of US from 1815.

听写
The book opens in 1815, and Howe says the United States was what we would call today a third world country. “That is, most people lived on isolated farmer sidessteads, and their lives revolved around the weather and hours of daylight, and many people grew their own food and many wives made the cloth for their own family.” And distances were great. The country was big in 1815 by European standards and that would get even bigger. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson negotiated the purchase of Louisiana territory from France, doubling the size of the United States. In 1825, the I ErieCanneal opened, to serve as a crucial water way through New YorkState. Howe says the Cannel canal summated cemented economic ties between the mid-west and northeast, promoted the growth of New York City, and helped integrate the region economically. The period also saw a communication’s revolution. For the first time in history, news could travel faster than Gilpin a galloping horse. Howe says the telegraph developed by Samuel Mores Morse promoted long distance trade and in commoditiesy such as cotton, which was grown in the southern states and shipped to the north and Europe.

生词
galloping (马四脚同时离地的)飞跑。

翻译
这本书从1815年开始写起。H说美国那时是我们现在所说的第三世界国家。“也就是说，多数人靠相对独立的农场生活，他们的生活随着天气的昼长影响，很多人自己种植食物，妻子自己为家人织布。”距离很远。在1815年，美国在欧洲标准看来是很大的，但它还讲更大。1803年，TJ总统与法国谈判，购买了路易斯安那的土地，使美国的领土扩大了一倍。1825年，E运河开通，成为贯穿纽约州的一条重要水路。H说运河建立了中西部和东北部之间的经济纽带，促进了纽约市的建设，对地区的经济一体化起了协助作用。这一时期也发生了交流方式的革命。历史上第一次使用比骑马传信更快的信息传递方式。H说SM发明的电报促进了远距离商品贸易，贸易品包括棉花等生长在南方各州而被船运至北方各州和欧洲的商品。

总结
我真是会爱死Mike O Sullivan……话说听那个国际贸易理论的老师讲美国历史也没白听……