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Six days later, the South surrenders.

六天后 南军投降了

The world's first industrial war ends.

世界上第一场工业战争结束了

Now, the men and machines that fought the war

过去因战争而奋战的人类和机器

Fight for a new cause:Progress.

现在为一项新的事业而奋战 那就是人类的进步

An explosion of technology.

技术大爆炸

Man, the tool-maker, charges into the modern age.

人类作为工具的生产者 挺进了现代

The period immediately following the Civil War

紧随美国内战之后的时期

was curiously enough a time of enormous optimism,

是一段非常奇妙的时期 人们极度乐观

a time when people embraced the idea of progress like they'd never done before.

当时 人们前所未有地 信奉进步的理念

People believed that everything could be done faster, bigger, better.

人们相信一切都可以变得 更快 更大 更好

Every other day,there'd be a newspaper article about some new extraordinary invention,

每隔一天 报纸上就有一篇文章 报导一些无与伦比的新发明

some new technology,some new breakthrough that was just on the cusp.

新技术 一些处于风口浪尖的新突破

In the US alone, 400,000 patents in 40 years.

仅在美国 四十年中就有了四十万项专利

New inventions, mass produced.

新发明批量生产

重点讲解

1、surrender

投降;屈服

General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender.

马丁·邦尼特将军呼吁反叛者投降。

She surrendered to the police in London last December.

她去年 12 月在伦敦向警方自首。

(被迫)放弃，交出

Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property.

纳佳不得不填表放弃其全部财产所有权。

Gen. Morgan's troops yesterday surrendered their heavy weapons to Belgian and US troops.

昨天，摩根将军的部队被迫向比利时和美国军队交出了他们的重型武器。

屈服;屈从

the need for total personal surrender to and dependence on Jesus.

需要完全顺从并依靠耶稣

Depression is a partial surrender to death.

沮丧是对死亡的一定妥协。

2、extraordinary

非凡的;优秀的;出色的

We've made extraordinary progress as a society in that regard.

在那个方面，我们的社会已经取得了巨大的进步。

The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance.

那项任务需要非凡的耐心和毅力。

非常奇特的;令人惊奇的

What an extraordinary thing to happen!

这事儿真蹊跷！

His decision to hold talks is extraordinary because it could mean the real end of the war.

他作出举行谈判的决定非同寻常，因为这可能意味着战争真的要结束了。