12.从过去的黑暗中走出

come out of its dark past

11.远远落后　 far behind

10.伤痕很深　 the scars run deep

9.伤口愈合很慢　 be slow to heal

8.大萧条　 the Great Depression

7.战后国内的动乱

civil unrest in the post-war years

6.失业的艰辛the hardships of unemployment

5.被欧洲殖民者驱逐

be driven off their land by European settlers

4.土著美洲人　 the Native Americans

3.处理过去的麻烦事

deal with its troubled past