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Segment 26 D flirting with Imperialism.
26段第四部分，与帝国主义纠缠
According to the 1890 census the American frontier was closed for good without a frontier to push westward Americas manifest destiny now lay overseas.
根据1890年的人口普查，美国的边疆已经永远地开拓完了，不能再向西推进，美国的命定扩张论现在得瞄准海外
During the 1890's though it seemed that everybody in the world was trying to build an Empire,
在19世纪90年代，似乎世界上的所有人都在试图建造帝国
the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russians were adding to the empires they already had.
英国，法国，西班牙，葡萄牙和俄罗斯都在扩张自己已有的帝国
The Japanese who had taken the western technology with vengeance and the newly reunified Germans were on the rise.
日本人如复仇一般地引进了西方技术，新近统一的德国人也在崛起
The huge and ancient Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire in Turkey both seemed to be falling apart.
庞大古老的中华帝国和奥斯曼土耳其帝国似乎都在分崩离析
For nations interested in capturing Terra Nullius vast parts of Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East seemed to be available, where would the Americans go?
对于那些想要先占无主土地的国家而言，非洲，东南亚和中东地区的广袤土地都唾手可得，那么美国人会去向何方呢
The easiest direction for American expansion seemed Southwards and Eastwards into the Spanish Caribbean,
对于美国而言，最简单的扩张方向就是向南向东扩张到西班牙的加勒比海地区
the United States had already bitten off as much as Mexico as it could comfortably digest back in 1848.
美国早在1848年就已经吞并了足够多的墨西哥土地
The Caribbean islands had long been connected economically to the United States
加勒比诸岛在经济上一直与美国有着联系
