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Every great business leader I've ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this "Why not me Screw it. I deserve it. Let's go."
我见过的每一位伟大的商业领袖 除了非常聪明 干劲十足外 都有一种舍我其谁的意识 管他呢 我就是行 咱们上
And if you don't have that you can't achieve greatness.
如果你没有这种气概 你就做不出惊人的成绩
J.P. Morgan has risen to power by consolidating broken industries and eliminating competition, and after Carnegie's deal with Rockefeller, he sees the potential to apply his model to the steel business.
J·P·摩根通过整合衰落的产业 消除竞争 从而获得了全力 在卡内基与洛克菲勒交易之 他看到了将其模型运用到钢铁企业的可能
Morgan had much more power than he had wealth and he understood that he could have more influence over the economy than Rockefeller, than Carnegie, than just about anybody else.
摩根拥有的权力比他拥有的财富更多 他知道自己可以在经济上比洛克菲勒 比卡内基 比任何人都有更大的影响力
And he used this to pursue his vision of the American economy.
他就用这种影响力去实现他对美国经济的设想
Morgan's years of deal making have left him with a controlling interest in companies ranging from manufacturing, to mining, to railroads.
摩根多年的并购交易 使得他在各种公司拥有了控股权 这些公司从事制造 采矿到铁路运营不一而足
One industry brings all those others together--steel.
将所有这些行业联系在一起的不外乎钢铁了

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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：
rise to power
掌权
Her meteoric rise to power caught the attention of the press.
她的迅速掌权引起了媒体的注意。

consolidate sth
(使)结成一体,合并:
All the debts have been consolidated.
所有债项均已合并。

potential (for / for doing sth)
可能性；潜在性:
The European marketplace offers excellent potential for increasing sales.
欧洲市场带来了扩销的大好机遇。

bring together
组织起来
Bring all this leads together and we'll find the criminal.
把所有线索组织起来我们就能找到罪犯。

range from A to B | ~ between A and B
(在一定的范围内)变化,变动:
Estimates of the damage range between $1 million and $5 million.
估计损失在 100 万到 500 万元之间。

apply sth (to sth)
使用；应用:
The new technology was applied to farming.
这项新技术已应用于农业。

influence (over sb / sth)
支配力；控制力；影响力:
Her parents no longer have any real influence over her.
她的父母对她不再有任何真正的约束力了。