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An engineering challenge that'll connect a continent.

这次工程壮举将连接整片美洲大陆

In command, General William Hoge.

带头的是威廉姆·霍格将军

Decorated war hero, engineering genius.

一位受过表彰的战争英雄 一个工程天才

Battling some of the most rugged terrain on the planet,

他征服了途经的各种险峻地形

he'll unlock a building boom.

掀起了一股建筑热潮

What the Alcan highway shows is that modern civilization can project itself

爱尔肯公路向我们展现了 现代文明以其惊人的速度

into the wilderness with incredible speed.

改变着荒野

The challenge ahead:1,500 miles of forest and tundra,200 rivers,

前方困难重重:一千五百英里的森林和苔原 两百条河流

and the highest mountains in North America.

还有北美最高的山峰

Hoge's greatest obstacle: time.

霍格最大的敌人是时间

Just 8 months to complete the highway before the Alaska winter.

必须赶在阿拉斯加冬季来临之前完成公路的修建 这就意味着只有八个月

In Hoge's command,corporal Refines Sims from Philadelphia.

在霍格的指挥下 有一个来自费城 名叫瑞凡斯·西姆斯的下士

One of nearly 4,000 African American soldiers in Alaska,

他是阿拉斯加将近四千名非裔美军士兵的一员

a third of the work force.

这些非裔士兵占整个劳动力的三分之一

重点讲解

1、challenge

挑战;难题

I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.

我喜欢大的挑战，而所有挑战中再没有比这更大的了。

The new government's first challenge is the economy.

新政府面临的第一个难题是经济问题。

(成功地)应对挑战，迎接挑战

The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.

一个崭新的德国必须迎接挑战，承担更多的责任。

They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.

他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。

怀疑，质疑(真实性、价值、权威等)

Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.

民主党领袖对总统签署这项法案提出了质疑。

The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics.

此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。

2、complete

完全的;十足的

The rebels had taken complete control.

叛乱分子完全控制了局面。

It shows a complete lack of understanding by management.

这表明管理层对此完全不了解。

完整的;全部的;整个的

A complete tenement block was burnt to the ground.

整幢公寓大楼被付之一炬。

The job sheets eventually filled a complete book.

工作指导卡最终装满了整整一个册子。

完成的;结束的

The work of restoring the farmhouse is complete.

修复农舍的工作已经完成。

It'll be two years before the process is complete.

这个过程需要两年才能完成。