The phrase “robber baron” is popularly used to describe the titans of late 19th-century US business – men such as John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and John Pierpont Morgan. But the term is much older. The Rhine valley has been Europe's principal highway for 1,000 years. Today the principal route through it is by road, along two parallel motorways. But for most of that time, traffic floated down the river.
“强盗贵族”(robber baron)一词常常用来描述19世纪末的美国商业大鳄——例如约翰•D•洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefeller)、杰伊•古尔德(Jay Gould)和约翰•皮尔庞特•摩根(John Pierpont Morgan)。但是这个词的历史要古老得多。千年以来，莱茵河谷一直是欧洲的主干线。今天，穿过莱茵河谷的主要途径是通过陆路——两条平行的高速公路。但在过去1000年里的大部分时间，交通都是顺流而下。
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