The novel follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—and is based on the writers own experiences of growing up with her three sisters during the American Civil War(1861-1865).

这部小说讲述了马奇家的四姐妹——梅格、乔、贝丝和艾米的生活，并基于作者自己在美国内战（1861-1865）期间与三姐妹一起成长的经历写成。

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An infantryman on the Unionist side in the American civil war (1861-65) was, on his reckoning, five times as good at hitting his foe as his Mexican, British or Continental European counterpart.

他认为在美国内战中(1861年—1865年)，联合派中的一名美国步兵的射击水平要比墨西哥、英国或是欧陆国家的步兵高出5倍。

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I would much rather read a book on the military campaigns of the American Civil War then the feminist movement during that time.

反正对我来说，比起女权运动的史料，我更喜欢读讲解美国内战战役的书。

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Just before sunrise on April twelfth, eighteen sixty-one, the first shot was fired in the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

None other than Shelby the star of Ken Burns' film series on the Civil War, that lovely, lovely, lovely geriatric in a blue shirt that American women fell in love with in a documentary film.

谢尔比,即肯·伯恩斯的内战系列影片里的谢尔比,那个可爱到爆的穿蓝衬衫的老头,那个仅因纪录片就俘获了美国女人心的人

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In the eighteen sixties, during the American Civil War, Union soldiers won a battle on Roanoke Island.

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