修筑长城

To defend his new empire, the first emperor begins

为了保卫新生的国家 这位君王

Perhaps the most ambitious engineering project

开始了人类历史上最大规模的

In the story of mankind:

工程建设:

The great wall of China.

修筑长城

Designed to hold back the nomadic hordes of central Asia,

长城是为抵御亚洲其他游牧民族的入侵而建

And extended over the next 1800 years.

修建工程持续到之后的一千八百年

Construction claims a million lives.

共动用了一百万人力

But after 11 years of rule,

但在十一年的统治后

On a journey to find a legendary magical spring

在前往寻找传说中

Said to hold the secret of eternal life,

喝后能永生的泉水的路途上

Shi huang di, the most powerful man in the world,Falls ill.

秦始皇 这个人类历史上最强大的君王 病了

Mercury tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him immortal

御医为他开了含水银的所谓的长生不老药

Are destroying his brain and body.

彻底地摧毁了他的身体和大脑

重点讲解

1、ambitious

有雄心的；有抱负的；有野心的

Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all.

克里斯踌躇满志，决心要将它都做完。

He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.

他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。

规模宏大的；艰巨的

The ambitious project was completed in only nine months.

这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。

Their goal was extraordinarily ambitious.

他们的目标极其宏伟。

2、hold back

（使）犹豫;（使）退缩

The administration had several reasons for holding back.

政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。

Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.

忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。

阻挡;阻止

Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.

国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。

Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.

杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。

抑制住,忍住(眼泪、笑声等)

She kept trying to hold back her tears.

她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。

He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter.

他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。