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2、hofAmericanResistancetoOrganizedWealthandPowerOnagusty有阵风在吹的;刮风的 Aprilmorning in1914,agunbattlebrokeoutbetweenColoradoNationalGuardsmenandagroupofstrikingcoalminers.Thestrikershadbeenlivingintentsinafieldafterbeingevicted逐出fromtheircompany-ownedhomesintown.Severalminers(includinga12-year-oldboy)wer
3、eshottodeath,andwhenthecanvasshelterscaughtonfire,11childrenandtwowomenwerekilledbythesmoke.Nordidtheguardsmen,buttressed支持;给…以力量byprivatesecurityguards,remainunscathed未受伤害:fourwerekilledoverthecourseoftheday,andmoreintheweekthatfollowed.TheLudlowMassacre,asitbecameknown,wasbutoneskirmishinaprotrac
4、ted拖延的;延长的;旷日持久,oftenviolentconflictthatragedthroughouttheUnitedStatesduringtheearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.Aradicalsocialchangewasatstake利害攸关;危如累卵;在危急关头:Wouldtheminers,meat-packers,silkworkers,garmentmakers,andsteelworkers炼钢工人ofthenewlyindustrialnationbeabletojoinlaborunionsinordertobargainoverthete
5、rmsoftheirwork—theirwages,theirhours,thesafetyoftheirjobs?Onecontemporaryjournalistdescribedthetentcoloniesas“theoutwardsign外在体现ofcivilwar.”Almost100yearslater,theattentionofthecountrywasonceagaingalvanized激励;刺激;使震惊;使振奋byatentcity—thisoneinZuccottiPark祖科蒂公园,afewblocksawayfromtheNewYorkStockExchange
6、.Initiallytheinspiration灵感;妙计;启发灵感的人(或事物);使人产生动机的人ofafewactivistsdeterminedtocallattentiontopovertyinthemidstofNewYork’sextremewealth,OccupyWallStreet—liketheearlylabormovement劳工运动—tappedinto利用;挖掘awidespreadsenseofdispossession剥夺andfear害怕;惧怕;担忧,thistimeinthewakeofthe2008financialpanicandtherecessio
7、n.Thelabormovementhelpedcreatetheconfidenceinmobilitythatweassociatewithbeingmiddle-class.TheLudlowstrikers,weretheyabletotime-traveltoLowerManhattan曼哈顿下城in2011,wouldhavefoundmuchthatseemedfamiliar,starting