【美国故事】约翰 亨利 -- 高个子奇谈 (3/7)

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John Henry
banjo
Polly Ann
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, or C-and-O
the Allegheny Mountains
Big Bend Mountain
West Virginia
有一个词需连词符连接~John Henry was almost two meters tall. He weighed more than 90 kilograms. He had a beautiful deep voice, and played an instrument called a banjo. John Henry married another steel-driver, a woman named Polly Ann. They had a son.
John Henry went to work as a steel-driver for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, or C-and-O. The company asked him to lead workers on a project to extend the railroad into the Allegheny Mountains. The workers made good progress on the project until they started working near Big Bend Mountain in West Virginia.
The company's owners said the mountain was too big to build a railroad around it. So the workers were told they had to force their drills through it. This meant creating a tunnel more than one-and-one half kilometers long.
The project required about one thousand laborers and lasted three years. Pay was low and the work was difficult. The workers had to breathe thick black smoke and dust. Hundreds of men became sick. Many died.
John Henry was the strongest and fastest man involved in the project. He used a hammer that weighed more than six kilograms. Some people say he was able to cut a path of three to six meters a day.
约翰·亨利几乎是两米高.他的体重超过90公斤。他拥有的具有磁性的声音。并且还会弹琴。约翰·亨利娶了另一个钢铁机师。一位名叫波莉·安。他们有一个儿子。约翰·亨利作为钢铁机师去切萨皮克和俄亥俄的铁路工作或c和o。该公司要求他领导工人在一个项目来扩展铁路到阿勒格尼山脉。工人们项目进展良好,直到他们开始在大本德山在西弗吉尼亚州工作的。该公司的老板说,山太大而不能建立一个铁路围绕它。所以工人们被告知他们不得不强迫他们的演习穿过它。这意味着创建一个超过一公里长的一半隧道。这个项目需要大约一千工人和持续了三年。工资很低,但是工作很困难。工人们不得不呼吸浓重的黑烟和灰尘。数以百计的人生病。许多死亡。约翰·亨利是最强的和最快的人参与这个项目。他用一把锤子,重量超过六公斤。有些人说他是能够减少路径,一天3到6米。       
——译文来自: xu653251946