我们的故事

In New York City,One of nature's wonders is about to be tamed.

在纽约市 驯服是大自然的一大奇迹

Inventor Charles Goodyear.

发明家查尔斯·古德伊尔

Determined, obsessed and broke.

他坚定不移 痴迷研究 但一文不名

From a tenement kitchen,He'll kick-start a transport revolution.

在租住的厨房里 他将推动一场交通运输革命

Native Americans in the Amazon have used it for centuries,

亚马逊的印第安人使用这种东西长达几个世纪了

Extracting a white sap from trees.

他们从树上提取白色汁液

They call it cahuchu.Rubber.

把它叫做树之泪 也就是橡胶

Rubber is one of the most under-appreciated miracles of nature.

橡胶是最不受重视的 大自然奇迹之一

It's up there with coal and steel and bronze.

它与煤炭 钢铁和青铜齐名

It's become this kind of secret juice that's allowed us to expand beyond our limits.

正是这种神秘的汁液 我们才能超越极限

In its raw state, rubber isn't very useful.

在原始状态下 橡胶的用处并不大

It melts when hot,Cracks when cold.

它遇热融化 遇冷崩裂

Goodyear tries to change its chemical structure

古德伊尔尝试改变它的化学结构

To make it more resilient and more useful.

使它更富有弹性 更便于使用

Goodyear is one of those interesting eccentrics in America

古德伊尔是一个有趣的 美国怪人

that's absolutely dogged by a single idea.

他的心中完全只有一个念头

重点讲解

1、extracte

提取;提炼;挖掘

the traditional method of pick and shovel to extract coal.

用镐和铲挖煤的传统方法

Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges, lemons, limes or grapefruit.

柠檬酸可以从橙汁、柠檬汁、酸橙汁或者柚子汁中提取。

取出;抽出

He extracted a small notebook from his hip pocket.

他从屁股兜里摸出一个小笔记本。

Patterson went straight to the liquor cabinet and extracted a bottle of Scotch.

帕特森径直走到酒柜前，取出一瓶苏格兰威士忌。

攫取;榨取

the capitalist system, which extracts huge profits from arms production at the tax-payers' expense.

牺牲纳税人利益、从武器生产中攫取巨额利润的资本主义制度

He sought to extract the maximum political advantage from the cut in interest rates.

他试图从降息中牟取最大的政治好处。

2、appreciate

欣赏；鉴赏；赏识

Anyone can appreciate our music.

任何人都能欣赏我们的音乐。

In time you'll appreciate the beauty and subtlety of this language.

总有一天你会体会到这门语言的优美和微妙之处。

领会；了解；认识

She never really appreciated the depth and bitterness of the Irish conflict.

她从来没有真正认识到爱尔兰矛盾的深刻和激烈。

He appreciates that co-operation with the media is part of his professional duties.

他懂得与媒体合作是自己工作职责的一部分。

感谢;感激

Peter stood by me when I most needed it. I'll always appreciate that.

当我最需要的时候，彼得在我身边支持我。我将永存感激。

Thanks, lads. I appreciate it.

谢了，哥们儿。我很感激。