原文赏析

Now I have to read in the newspaper my son is funding Edison.
我在报纸上看到我儿子正在资助爱迪生
A latter-day Frankenstein.
一个现代版的科学怪人
He didn't pull the switch.
他没有拉开关
Let me make a few points clear to you.
让我跟你讲清楚几点
I do not want the House of Morgan associated with electricity.
我不希望摩根财团同电再有任何关系
Or any of the devil's works.或是相关的邪恶研究
I have spent my life making a name and I am not about to let you destroy it.
我一辈子都在积攒好名声 我不能让这些全都毁在你身上
I have a chance to build here--Pierpont!It's over.
我有机会在这里建立…皮尔庞特 到此为止
I set sail for Monaco tomorrow.
明天我就要动身去摩纳哥
While I'm away, see to it you sell whatever stakes you have in these Edison companies.
我不在的时候你尽快卖掉爱迪生公司的所有股票
Morgan set out to become a legendary innovator in his own right.
摩根本来想打造自己的传奇式创新
But now his dream has come crashing down.
但现在 他的梦想开始破碎
Edison has played directly into John Rockefeller's hands.
爱迪生的做法正中约翰·洛克菲勒下怀
Demonstrating electricity to be dangerous and deadly.
证明电力是危险而致命的
Morgan knows that pulling his funds from Edison would completely destroy the electric industry.
摩根知道 从爱迪生那里撤资会彻底毁掉电力工业
And leave Rockefeller at the top of the light game.
并让洛克菲勒继续稳坐照明世界的顶端
But despite his father's objections......Morgan is still convinced that electricity is the future.
但是摩根没有遵从父亲的反对 他仍相信 电力是未来趋势
And soon, news of a new project reignites his ambitions.
很快 一个新项目的消息重新点燃了他的野心
A project that will remove the stain of Edison's experiments......and restore the public's trust in the electric industry.
这个项目将会洗清爱迪生实验的污名 重树公众对电力行业的信任
Electricity is about to go national.
电将会走向全国
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洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。

重点讲解

讲解：

a latter-day sth
当代的…
He is a latter-day Robin Hood and he often helps others in need.
他简直就是当代罗宾汉，他常常帮助有困难的人。

make it clear to sb that
让…清晰易懂的；明白清楚的；不含混的:
I hope I made it clear to him that he was no longer welcome here.
我希望我已经给他讲清楚他在这里不再受欢迎。

associate yourself with sth
表明支持；表示同意:
May I associate myself with the Prime Minister's remarks? (= I agree with them)
我可以公开表示赞成首相的话吗？

see to it that...
确保；务使:
Can you see to it that the fax goes this afternoon?
你保证今天下午就把传真发出去,行吗？

set out to do
(怀着目标)开始工作,展开任务:
They succeeded in what they set out to do.
他们实现了既定的目标。

be reignited by
(使)重新燃烧；再点燃:
Their passion was reignited by a romantic trip to Venice.
去威尼斯的浪漫之旅重新燃起了他们的激情。