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J.P. Morgan was born into the banking business.
J·P·摩根生于银行世家
His father was one of the first generation of trans-Atlantic bankers,and as a result he identified finance as the industry that was going to command all other industries.
他父亲属于第一代跨大西洋银行家 耳濡目染 让他将金融业看成是统领所有其它行业的行业
From the time he could count,J.P. is taught there is only one way to do business:the Morgan way.
从会数数开始 J·P·摩根就被教导说 做生意只有一种方式 也就是摩根家的方式
Investing other people's money to make a fortune for yourself.
投资别人的钱来为自己赚取财富
I will return tonight.
我今晚会回来
See that these accounts balance by then.
到时你要把这些账目做平了
Morgan's father had a controlling presence.
摩根的父亲非常严厉
Junius really didn't sort of take his eye off Morgan for so many years.
时刻盯紧摩根 一点都不放松很多年来都是如此
It was very difficult for him to bear.
这让他很难承受
Go ahead. Open it.
打开看看
Now pick it up. Feel the weight.
拿起来 感受一下重量
You know what that is?
知道这是什么吗
That's what it feels like to hold a million dollars.
这就是握有一百万美元的感觉
Now,learn to earn it yourself.
下面 学着自己去挣
J.P. Morgan's strained relationship with his father continues.
J·P·摩根同父亲的这种压迫感很强的关系一直持续着
And by age forty, he's looking to create an identity of his own.
在四十岁那年 他希望建立一个完全的自我

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洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。

重点讲解

讲解：

born into
生于世家
She was born into a very musical family.
她生于音乐之家。

identify sth with sth
认为某事物等同于
You should not identify wealth with happiness.
你不应该认为财富就等于幸福。

great presence
仪态；风度；气质:
He is a man of great presence.
他是一个风度翩翩的男子。

return (to...) (from...)
回来；回去；返回:
I waited a long time for him to return.
我等他回来等了很长时间。

strained + 名词
紧张的；不友好的
There was a strained atmosphere throughout the meeting.
会议自始至终气氛紧张。

relationship (between A and B) / (with sb)
(人、团体、国家之间的)关系,联系:
The relationship between the police and the local community has improved.
警察和当地民众之间的关系已经得到改善。