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Well Father, what do you think?
父亲 您怎么想
You disappoint me, Pierpont.
你让我很失望 皮尔庞特
I thought you knew better.
我想你比我更清楚
This is the future.
这是未来
This is the stuff of carnivals and fairs.
这只是嘉年华和展览会的花哨玩意
And you've been played for a fool.
你被当傻子一样耍了
Despite his father's disappointment,Morgan's event is a success.
虽然父亲感到失望 但摩根的展览成功了
You're about to become a very busy man.
你以后会变得很忙碌
Darius Ogden Mills wants you to electrify his home.
达里厄斯·奥格登·米尔斯想要你用电点亮他家
He'll have to wait.
他可能需要等等
The Vanderbilt family's next on my list.
我的下一个顾客将是范德比尔特家
Electricity becomes a must-have for the country's elite,with one notable exception,John D. Rockefeller.
电成为国内精英家中的必备品 不过有一位显要人物是个例外 约翰·D·洛克菲勒
Rockefeller has created the largest fortune in America by refining oil for kerosene lamps.
通过从石油中提炼灯用煤油 洛克菲勒获得了美国最巨大的财富
He realizes electric light has the potential to replace kerosene as America's primary light source.
他认识到 电灯很有可能取代煤油灯成为美国的主要光源
If the technology goes mainstream,Rockefeller will face his biggest challenge ever.
如果这种技术成为主流 洛克菲勒必将面临人生中最大的挑战
Following the success of his home lighting display,
家庭照明展成功后
Morgan believes that electricity could be the opportunity he's been waiting for,his chance to control a new business from its start,and become a pioneer like Carnegie and Rockefeller.
摩根更加相信电就是他苦苦等待的机会 他有机会从一开始就控制住一个新的行当 并成为卡内基和洛克菲勒那样的先驱
But investing in Edison goes against everything J.P. Morgan's father has ever taught him.
但是对爱迪生的投资同J·P·摩根父亲所教导的完全相背
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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。

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讲解：

disappoint sb
使失望:
Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
她决定取消这场音乐会,肯定会使她的歌迷失望。

be played for a fool
被当傻子耍了
He was played for a fool and lost his money.
他被当傻子一样耍了还丢了钱。

despite the fact that
尽管事实如何
She was good at physics despite the fact that she found it boring.
尽管她认为物理枯燥无味,她却学得很好。

a member of the ruling / intellectual elite
上层统治集团的成员；知识界的精英
Public opinion is influenced by the small ruling elite who control the media.
舆论为少数控制着新闻媒介的上层人士所左右。

go mainstream
成为主流
If the technology goes mainstream,Rockefeller will face his biggest challenge ever.如果这种技术成为主流 洛克菲勒必将面临人生中最大的挑战。

notable (for sth)
值得注意的；显着的；重要的
His eyes are his most notable feature.
他的双眼是他最明显的特征。

pioneer(in / of sth)
先锋；先驱；带头人
He is the pioneer in the field of microsurgery.
他是显微外科领域的创始人。