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.
「強盜貴族」(robber baron)一詞常常用來描述19世紀末的美國商業大鱷——例如約翰•D•洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefeller)、傑伊•古德(Jay Gould)和約翰•皮爾龐特•摩根(John Pierpont Morgan)。但是這個詞的歷史要古老得多。千年以來，萊茵河谷一直是歐洲的主幹線。今天，穿過萊茵河谷的主要途徑是通過陸路——兩條平行的高速公路。但在過去1000年裏的大部分時間，交通都是順流而下。
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