VOA慢速英语:American History: Immigrants from Europe Seek a Better Life in a New Land

a great many很多,大量

例句：A great many houses were knocked down by the earthquake.
      许多房子在地震中塌了。

2.Cloth factories in Fall River, Massachusetts, were filled with young men from Lancashire, England.

be filled with充满着

例句：He was filled with envy at my success.
      他对我的成功满怀羡慕。

3. I have nothing but the ten fingers of my hands, a wife, and nine children.

nothing but只有, 只不过

例句：I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.
      除了一张百万英镑的钞票, 这世上我是一无所有。

      Don't scold her, she's nothing but a child.
      不要责骂她, 她只不过是个孩子。