讀《FT·金融時報》學英語：The Rise and Fall of American Growth 《美國成長的興衰》

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces.
在內戰(zhàn)結束后的一個世紀里，一場經濟革命以無法想象的方式提高了美國人的生活水平。電燈、自來水、家電、機動車輛、航空旅行、空調、電視……這一切都改變了家庭環(huán)境和公共場所。

With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-two years.
隨著醫(yī)療水平的進步，人類平均壽命從1870年的45歲增長到1970年的72歲。

Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth provides an in-depth account of this momentous era.
《美國成長的興衰》是一部將生動敘述、歷史軼事和經濟分析交織在一起的書卷，對上述這一重要的時代進行了深度重現。

迅速發(fā)展的時代已經走到了盡頭嗎？ 作者對“經濟增長勢頭不會減弱”發(fā)起質疑，認為1870到1970年的發(fā)展和改革無法復制。他甚至提醒：

Gordon warns that the younger generation may be the first in American history that fails to exceed their parents' standard of living, and that rather than depend on the great advances of the past, we must find new solutions to overcome the challenges facing us.
戈登警告道，年輕一代或許將成為美國歷史上第一批生活質量無法超越其父輩的一代。我們必須找到新的方法來克服面臨的這一難題，而不是依賴著過去的偉大進步。