来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革 第6集 第6集》

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  dozens of little railroads.
  拼接而成
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  The Mohawk and Hudson ran
  从斯克内克塔迪到奥尔巴尼段的
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  between Schenectady and Albany,
  莫霍克到哈得孙河的部分
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  and it was the kernel from which this was formed.
  是这段铁路的核心
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  It's one aggregation after another,
  不停地整合
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  and the construction of that marvelous terminal in
  以及曼哈顿市中心
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  midtown Manhattan which we're all familiar with,
  所建立的恢弘的终点站
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  and ultimately, after the thing
  最后
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  reaches the end of its competitive lifecycle,
  随着铁路业的衰败
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  and the New York Central Railroad was essentially
  纽约中央铁路
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  at the end of its competitive lifecycle by the 1950s.
  在二十世纪五十年代也进入了它的末期
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  It was there because?
  这是为什么呢