Ida Tarbell was born in the eastern state of Pennsylvania in November, eighteen fifty-seven.

艾达·塔贝尔于1857年11月出生于美国东部宾夕法尼亚州。

Miss Tarbell's reports about the Standard Oil Company are considered more important than any of her other writings.

塔尔贝尔小姐关于标准石油公司的报告被认为比她的任何其他著作都重要。

Miss Tarbell learned that she was expected to teach subjects about which she knew nothing.

塔贝尔小姐发现，她要教授学生自己一无所知的科目。

Miss Tarbell kept seeking information. She was told by one man that Rockefeller would try to destroy McClure's Magazine.

塔贝尔小姐继续在寻找信息。一个人告诉艾达，洛克菲勒会摧毁麦克卢尔的杂志。

But he was such a physical wreck that Ida Tarbell pitied him.

但他身体虚弱得让艾达·塔贝尔 (Ida Tarbell) 可怜他。

Many years later, Ida Tarbell said she had never considered being a writer.

多年以后，艾达·塔贝尔表示，她从未想过成为一名作家。

Those who knew Ida Tarbell in college say she would wake up at four o'clock in the morning to study.

那些在大学里认识艾达·塔贝尔的人说，她会在早上4点起床学习。

Ida Tarbell was one of the most successful magazine writers in the United States during the last century.

艾达·塔贝尔是上个世纪美国最成功的杂志作家之一。

Ida Tarbell used her reporting skills against one of the most powerful companies in the world.

艾达·塔贝尔用她的报道技巧来对付世界上最强大的公司之一。

McClure's Magazine wanted a short series about President Lincoln. But Ida Tarbell's series lasted for one year in the magazine.

麦克卢的杂志想要一个关于林肯总统的短篇系列。但是艾达·塔贝尔的系列在杂志上持续了一年。

Ida Tarbell found it difficult to live in Paris without much money. She also found it difficult to sell her work to magazines.

艾达·塔贝尔发现没有很多钱很难生活在巴黎。她也发现将她的作品卖给杂志很难。

Ida Tarbell wrote many stories for McClure's. She did this for some time before returning to the United States.

艾达·塔贝尔为麦克卢尔杂志写作了很多故事。

A man named Samuel McClure visited Miss Tarbell in Paris. He owned a magazine named McClure's. Mister McClure had read several of her stories.

一位名叫塞缪尔·麦克卢尔的人在巴黎拜访了塔贝尔小姐。他是麦克卢尔杂志的老板。麦克卢尔先生读了一些她的故事。

Miss Tarbell enjoyed working for the newspaper. She discovered, though, that she was interested in stories that were too long for the paper to print.

塔贝尔小姐喜欢为报社工作。但是，她发现，她发现她对那些篇幅很长、报纸无法刊登的故事很感兴趣。

In 1903 Miss Ida Tarbell, an author of established reputation in the historical field, gave to the public an account of the Standard Oil Company, revealing the ruthless methods of that corporation in crushing competition.

1903 年，历史学界享有盛誉的作家艾达·塔贝尔小姐向公众讲述了标准石油公司的情况，揭露了该公司压制竞争的残酷手段。