E08. Wall Street “墙街”?【晚】
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视频版:https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1et4y1X7NK (B站搜索:洛夫古德德) While VOC operated in the Indian Ocean, the Dutch West Indies Company, or WIC, plied the Atlantic. operate 运转、经营 pile 堆起,堆叠 荷兰东印度公司在印度洋威风八面地经营时候,荷兰的西印度公司(WIC)也蜂拥到了大西洋这一边。 In order to control trade on the important Hudson River, WIC built a settlement called New Amsterdam on an island at the river’s mouth. In order to 为了做某事 trade贸易 settlement殖民地 为了掌控至关重要的哈德孙河上的贸易,西印度公司在河口的一座小岛上开拓了一个殖民地,名为“新阿姆斯特丹”(New Amsterdam)。 The colony was threatened by Indians and repeatedly attacked by the British, who eventually captured it in 1664. The British changed its name to New York. threaten威胁, attack攻击 eventually 最后 capture 占领 这个殖民地不断遭受美国原住民威胁,也受到英国人的反复入侵,最后在1664年落入英国手中。英国人将这个城市改名New York“新约克”。 (约克本来是英国地名。也就是现在大家非常熟悉的音译...
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