原文赏析

What's this?
这是什么
My resignation.
我的辞呈
You won't find anybody else to employ you.
你不会找到第二个雇你的人
I'll set up my own company.
我会开设自己的公司
Good luck finding an investor.
祝你找到投资人
Now free to pursue his own ideas,Tesla begins looking for an investor to back his AC technology.
现在特斯拉可以尽情追求自己的理想了 他开始要找一位愿意支持交流电技术的投资人
He finds one in inventor-turned-businessman George Westinghouse.
他找到了曾是发明家的商人 乔治·威斯汀豪斯
The magnetic field, when it moves,it carries the motor around.
磁场运动时就会带动马达
Motor powers itself.
马达于是产生动力
How far do you think you can take AC? I mean, what is its potential?
交流电能走多远 我是说 它有多大潜能
Build one power plant,can supply enough electricity to eastern part of United States.
建立一座电厂将能为整个美国东部提供足够电力
That's amazing.
太惊人了
Morgan and Edison may have lit up New York,but Westinghouse and Tesla believe alternating current's greater power is more effective...
摩根和爱迪生点亮了纽约 但威斯汀豪斯和特斯拉相信交流电将会具有更大的效用
Thank you.
谢谢
And they set out to prove it.
他们决定去证明这一点
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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：

resignation from
从…辞职
There were calls for her resignation from the board of directors.
有人要求她辞去董事会中的职务。

employ sb (as sth)
雇用:
For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
三年来他一直受雇当消防员。

set up
创建；建立；开办:
A fund will be set up for the dead men's families.
将为死者家属设立一项基金。

pursue sth
追求；致力于；执行；贯彻:
We intend to pursue this policy with determination.
我们准备坚决贯彻这项政策。

light up
(使)光亮,放光彩:
There was an explosion and the whole sky lit up.
一声爆炸照亮了整个天空。

supply sb / sth (with sth); supply sth (to sb / sth)
(尤指大量)供应,供给,提供:
Foreign governments supplied arms to the rebels.
一些外国政府向反叛者提供武器。