Show Boat takes place in the eighteen eighties on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River.

《演出船》的故事发生在十九世纪八十年代的一艘游客蒸气船上，该船只沿着密西西比河行走。

And for the towns along their banks, ships, barges, and steam boats were their connections to the outside world.

对于沿岸的城镇来说，轮船、驳船和汽船是它们与外界的联系。

Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.

尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，但汽船还是把成千上万的参观者从欧洲大陆送过了英吉利海峡。