原文赏析

Edison became very happy to help develop an electric chair,as long as that electric chair used Westinghouse alternating current generators.
爱迪生很乐意帮助发明一种电椅 只要这种电椅使用威斯汀豪斯的交流电发电机
Edison devotes his lab's attention to the development of the world's first electric chair.
爱迪生的实验室开始着手开发世界上第一张电椅
It's the perfect opportunity to prove that Tesla's AC is dangerous......even deadly.
这是一个完美的机会向世人证明特斯拉的交流电有多危险 甚至能致人死亡
The prison invites the press to witness the most sensational demonstration imaginable.
监狱邀请媒体见证这次最具轰动性的演示
The world's first human execution by electricity.
人类历史上第一次用电来执行死刑
Is it ready?
准备好了吗
Yes.
好了
Goodbye, William.
再见 威廉
He's dead.
他死了
He's bleeding.
他在流血
He's breathing.
他在呼吸
I'm gonna be sick.
我感到恶心
They then essentially roasted this man alive.
他们相当于是在活着烤这个人
It was a botched execution.
死刑执行搞砸了
The gruesome act backfires on Edison.
这一做法令人毛骨悚然 爱迪生弄巧成拙
The public doesn't connect A.C. to Tesla.
公众并没有将交流电和特斯拉联系起来
All they remember is that electricity was used to kill a man.
他们只记住了电被用于杀死一个人
And that Edison was behind it.
而爱迪生就是幕后指使者
The damage to his reputation is massive.
这对他的声誉产生了巨大破坏
And J.P. Morgan endures an even worse fate.
J·P·摩根也需要忍受更糟糕的命运
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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：

develop sth
开发；研制:
The company develops and markets new software.
这个公司开发并销售新软件。

devote attention to
注意；专心；留心；注意力:
He devoted his attention back to the road again.
他把注意力转回到道路上。

devote sth to sth
把…用于:
I could only devote two hours a day to the work.
我一天只能在这个工作上花两个小时。

witness sth
当场看到,目击(尤指罪行或事故):
She was shocked by the violent scenes she had witnessed.
她被亲眼目睹的暴虐场面惊呆了。

endure sth
忍耐；忍受
They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.
在此案审理前他们只得忍受长时间的等待。

backfire (on sb)
产生事与愿违的不良(或危险)后果:
Unfortunately the plan backfired.
不幸的是,计划产生了适得其反的结果。

botch sth (up)
笨拙地弄糟(某事物):
He completely botched up the interview.
他面试表现得糟透了。