The Philippines shares a long history with the United States. The islands became a U.S. colony at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the Spanish American War.
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当美国控制了1898年美西战争后的菲律宾时,美国人要做的重要的一件事就是:送美国的教师来。
When the United States took control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in 1898, one of the first things the U.S. did was send in American teachers.
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故事中的英雄,就是安德鲁·罗文,一个送信人,美国陆军的一位年轻的中尉。当时美西战争爆发。
The hero of the story, the man who carried the message, was Colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, who, when the Spanish-American War broke out, was a young lieutenant in the United States Army.