来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第18集 第18集》

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  One brief month ago we were apparently at the point of success.
  一个月前我们显然已经看到成功
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  Lee was in Pennsylvania threatening Harrisburg
  李将军在宾夕法尼亚威胁着哈里斯堡
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  and even Philadelphia.
  甚至威胁到费城
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  Vicksburg seemed to laugh at
  维克斯堡似乎在嘲笑着
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  all of Grant's efforts to scorn.
  格兰特将军所有的努力
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  Now the picture is just as somber as it was bright then.
  而今的场景却和当时完全相反
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  It seems incredible that human power
  依靠人力在短时间内扭转战局
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  could effect such a change in so brief a space.
  真是让人觉得不可思议
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  Yesterday we rode on the pinnacle of success.
  昨天我们才站在胜利之巅
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  Today absolute ruin seems to be our portion.
  今天我们的四周只有断瓦残垣
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  The Confederacy totters to its destruction."
  邦联正跌跌撞撞走向毁灭
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  The war isn't over.
  战争还没结束