Good old Eli Whitney, it's his fault we had the cotton boom and slavery grew, and you get sort of Eli Whitney to the Civil War.

伊莱·惠特尼发明的轧棉机,促使了棉花产业兴盛和奴隶需求量猛增,可以说惠特尼在某种程度上导致了内战的爆发

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And then we have a great war for weeks and it's all Eli Whitney.

随后这场持续数周的战争打响了,这都归咎于伊莱·惠特尼

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This is why the fourth floor of Payne Whitney Gym is such a dangerous place and I urge you as your dean to be very careful there. Okay?

这就是为什么佩恩·惠特尼健身馆四楼,和危险的原因,作为院长，我劝你们,要十分小心？

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