秦始皇

Shi huang di, the first emperor of China.

秦始皇 中国的第一位皇帝

He's been fighting for his throne since age 13.

他从13岁就开始争夺皇位

He's survived a coup,

他在三次刺杀政变中

Three assassination attempts.

幸存了下来

Now aged 49,

他49岁时

He's created an empire he believes will last forever.

已建立了一个王朝 并相信其会昌盛不朽

Crucial to his success, a new type of technology:

一项新技术对于他的成功至关重要

Cast iron.

那就是铸铁术

By superheating iron in a blast furnace,

通过在高炉中加热铁

Chinese metalworkers lay foundations

中国铁工为人类未来工业的发展

for mankind's industrial future.

奠定了基础

Basically you can pour iron into a mould

只需要将液态铁注入模子

and make pretty much whatever you want.

就能铸成你预想形状的铁器

Then you have really a world-beating technology.

这样就拥有了世界先进的技术

The liquid iron is cast into moulds

为了得到跟模子一样的铁器

to produce identical objects,

数千名铁匠将液态铁

by the thousands.

注入模子

200 years before christ, the birth of mass production.

公元前两百年 大规模生产诞生

A technological revolution

技术革新受到

driven by one of the greatest game-changers:

伟大游戏规则制定者的推动

War.

那就是战争

重点讲解

1、attempt

尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）

The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia.

只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。

Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'

还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。”

（通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图

a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence.

经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试

It was one of his rare attempts at humour.

那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。

2、revolution

革命;武装运动

The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.

革命爆发后就陷入了政治动乱期。

after the French Revolution.

法国革命之后

重大变革;巨大变化

The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.

19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。

the industrial revolution.

工业革命

3、production

（大量）生产，制造，制作

That model won't go into production before late 1990.

那种型号在20世纪90年代末以前不会批量生产。

tax incentives to encourage domestic production of oil.

鼓励国内石油生产的税收优惠政策

产量

We needed to increase the volume of production.

我们需要提高产量。

It expected to maintain production of cars at the same level as last year.

预期今年汽车的产量会和去年持平。

（戏剧的）排演；（电影、电视节目的）制作；（唱片的）灌制

During the film's production, the director wanted to shoot a riot scene but the filming was blocked.

在影片摄制期间，导演想拍摄一个暴乱场面，但是被禁止了。

She is head of the production company.

她是制片公司的负责人。