我们的故事

We found out that the food supply is not finite,

食品供应是没有止境的

that we can actually continue to increase it

我们可以不断提高食品供应量

to match the increase in population.

以满足人口增长的需求

In 30 years, the world's population grows from 2 billion to 3 billion.

三十年间 世界人口 从二十亿增长到三十亿

Fifteen years later, 4 billion and rising.

十五年后 又增长到四十亿 并且还在不断增长

But with new crops and fertilizers,

但是有了新的作物和新肥料

we've grown more in the last 100 years than in the previous 10,000.

过去一百年间的种植量 就比以往一万年还要多

Fertilizer allowed us to grow more,faster and more productively.

有了化肥 人们可以更广泛地种植农作物 它们生长更快 也愈加高产

We increased the food supply.

食品供应量得到了提高

but as our numbers explode,

但是随着人口数量的激增

so does the scale and reach of human conflict.

人类冲突的规模和范围也在不断扩大

1942. Mankind's first truly global war.

1942年 人类第一次真正的全球大战爆发了

In Europe, Nazi Germany dominates.

德国纳粹控制了欧洲

In the Pacific, imperial Japan.

日本帝国统治了太平洋

The largest state in the U.S., Alaska,

美国最大的州 阿拉斯加

dangerously close to Asia and isolated.Ready? And...go!

临近亚洲 孤立无援 十分危险 准备 炸!

Now, 11,000 American soldiers blaze an impossible trail,

现在 一万一千名美国士兵尝试着一项不可能完成的任务

the Alcan highway,to link Alaska to West Coast Canada

要修建一条 从阿拉斯加到加拿大西海岸

and the rest of the United States.

连接全美的爱尔肯公路

重点讲解

1、dominate

在…中占首要地位，在…中最具影响力

The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists.

这本书预计会占据畅销书排行榜的榜首。

countries where life is dominated by war.

战事频繁的国家

控制;统治;支配

He denied that his country wants to dominate Europe.

他否认他的国家想要控制欧洲。

Women are no longer dominated by the men in their relationships.

在两性关系中女性不再受制于男性。

俯视;高耸于

It's one of the biggest buildings in this area, and it really dominates this whole place.

这是该地区最大的建筑物之一，雄踞在整个地区之上。

its skyline dominated by the central mosque.

中央的清真寺高耸天际

2、isolate

使孤立;使脱离(朋友、支持者)

This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

这一政策可能会使该国孤立于联合国安全理事会其他常任理事国之外。

Political influence is being used to shape public opinion and isolate critics.

政治影响正被用来左右公众舆论,使批评家们陷于孤立。

使隔离;使与世隔绝

When he was thinking out a problem Tweed's habit was never to isolate himself in his room.

思考问题的时候,特威德从来没有把自己关在房间里的习惯。

His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him.

他的激进主义与拒绝妥协使他受到孤立。