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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 52
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
The Pittsburgh of 1850 was very different from what it has since become. It had not yet recovered from the great fire which destroyed the entire business portion of the city on April 10, 1845. The houses were mainly of wood, a few only were of brick, and not one was fire-proof. The entire population in and around Pittsburgh was not over forty thousand. The business portion of the city did not extend as far as Fifth Avenue, which was then a very quiet street, remarkable only for having the theater upon it. Federal Street, Allegheny, consisted of straggling business houses with great open spaces between them, and I remember skating upon ponds in the very heart of the present Fifth Ward. The site of our Union Iron Mills was then, and many years later, a cabbage garden.
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白话
1850年的匹兹堡和后来大不一样。1845年大火烧毁了整个商业区，城市还没恢复。房子大多是木头建的，少数是砖房，没有一栋防火。整个匹兹堡及周边人口不到四万。商业区还没延伸到第五大道，那时第五大道很安静，只因有家剧院而出名。联邦街只有零散商铺，中间大片空地，我记得在如今第五区中心的地方滑过冰。我们联合铁厂的地皮当时和之后很多年都是白菜园。这说明城市发展迅速，旧貌换新颜。
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卡内基在自传中描述自己少年时代匹兹堡的城市面貌，对比后来工业城市的巨变。
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你所在的城市或行业，过去十年发生了哪些让你意想不到的变化？
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