大意
The way to pass message is improved. People considered education seriously.

听写
“The news of the price of cotton when it arrived in New York was instantly of enormous interest to people in mobile and savannah and norlandsNew Orleans, and once they could get that news immediately, that made a huge difference for the efficiency of distribution.” The title of Howe’s book, What has Hath God RoutWrought, is the text of the message sent by Samuel Morse, as he demonstrated the telegraph in 1844. The phrase comes from the Bible, and the author says this it reflects the importance of religion throughout the period, for example, in establishing schools and colleges. America’s many denominations with would compete to set up their own centers of learning. Howe says Sdingble set realsteamboats and rail lines linked growing cities that offered opportunities for talented young people. “A Wonderful example is Abraham Lincoln, who had zero interest and zero aptitude in being a farmer like his father Thomas, when it came time to help with the backbreaking farm chores, he would be found reading a book.”

生词
denomination 种类；教派，宗派；派别。
instantly 立即，即刻。
aptitude天资；才能。

翻译
“棉花价格的信息一到达纽约就马上引起了M,S,NO等地人民的极大兴趣，一旦他们能及时得到这种信息，就能极大的提高分配效率。”H的书名“上帝做了什么”是SM在1844年试验电报时发送的文字。这个句子取自圣经，作者说这反映了这一时期宗教的重要性，比如建立学校和学院。美国许多教派争先建立自己的学习中心。H说蒸汽船和铁路连接了发展中的城市，为有才能的年轻人提供了机会。“一个很好的例子是林肯。他对成为想他父亲一样的农民毫无兴趣和天分，每到农忙时节帮工时，他总是在读书。”

总结
找到了听SP的感觉……不过steamboats and rail lines没听出来比较郁闷。