Livestock could be driven across the mountains, but the cost of transporting bulky grains in this fashion was several times greater than their value in eastern markets.
牲畜可以被赶过山区，但以这种方式运输大量谷物的成本要比它们在东部市场的价值高出好几倍。
2
The end came with a shear of light in the eastern sky, a brilliant incandescence a million times brighter than the sun.
随着一道强光划破东方的天空，末日降临了。这是比太阳还要强一百万倍的灼目的炽热的光。
3
He moved many times in the eastern United States before settling in Pottsville in the mid-1920s.