The family struggles to adjust to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who seem to despise their social inferiors.

整个家庭都在努力适应着北方工业小镇的习俗，尤其是在碰见桑顿一家之后。盛气凌人的桑顿一家是棉纺厂的厂主，看似瞧不起社会地位比他们低的人们。

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She works at a cotton mill.

她在一家棉纺厂工作。

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Cotton cloth is made in a cotton mill.

棉布是由棉纺厂生产的。

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The proposal for the former cotton mill, which was built in 1781, has faced opposition from some historical societies.

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