统一中国

American gun-makers are some of the first pioneers,

美国制枪者中就有些先驱采用大规模生产

Making the 1861 "Springfield" Rifle musket.

如1861年的斯普林菲尔德步枪的制造

A decade later, the iconic colt .45.

十年后45口径柯尔特式自动手枪亦如此

If I can mass produce a bunch of these things,

若能在短时间内尽可能多地生产武器

I'm going to be able to win a lot of battles very quickly.

就能很快获得更多战役的胜利

Armed with the crossbow,

凭借着弩这一装备

The armies of the first emperor storm across 6 warring kingdoms.

秦始皇的军队迅速统一了六国

In just 9 years he conquers more than a million square miles.

短短九年时间他征服了一百万平方英里的疆域

27 million people.

和二千七百万人民

China's first historian writes:

中国的第一位史学家记载道:

"His armies devour the land"

他的部队像蚕食桑叶一样

"Like a silk worm eats a mulberry leaf."

征服了一片片疆域

"Nothing will stop them."

"他们势如破竹无人可挡"

The first emperor of China put an end

中国历史上的第一位皇帝

to hundreds of years of states warring against one another.

为数百年的战国时期划上了句号

By unifying China, he unified what is, quote/unquote,

通过统一中国 他统一了所谓的

all under heaven, all creatures under heaven.

"一切 统一了世间万物"

And this victory symbolized

这次统一标志着

the concept of the birth of China.

中国的诞生

重点讲解

1、conquer

占领;征服

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.

1936年，墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

11世纪早期，整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。

克服;攻克

I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.

我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

他一直未能戒除烟瘾。

2、devour

狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食

A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day.

中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。

She devoured half an apple pie.

她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。

如饥似渴地阅读;热切地看

She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12.

年仅 12 岁时，她就开始如饥似渴地阅读报纸。

3、symbolize

象征;代表

The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised the end of the Cold War between East and West.

柏林墙的倒塌象征着东西方冷战的结束。

the post-war world order symbolised by the United Nations.

以联合国为代表的战后世界秩序