原文赏析

This is William Jennings Bryan at a recent Democrat rally.
这是威廉·詹宁斯·布赖恩在最近的一次民主党集会上演讲
He's a prohibitionist and a devout Presbyterian.
他是禁酒主义者 虔诚的长老会教徒
According to him, Darwin's theory of evolution is a pack of lies.
他认为达尔文的进化论纯属一派胡言
He's an enemy of the gold standard and an enemy of big business.
他是金本位以及大企业的敌人
It is certain that he will win the Democratic nomination.
他肯定会赢得民主党总统候选人的提名
What do you think
你们怎么看
The Republican party has a good candidate.
共和党的候选人也不错
No. We have to buy our own president.
不行 总统宝座我们必须买下
They took advantage of the strengths.
他们发挥了自己的优势
When you have, you know, what relatively speaking is an unlimited amount of money,you can pay people to do almost anything for you.
当你拥有可以说是无穷无尽的钱财的时候 你几乎可以雇人为你做任何事情
Desperate to protect the empires they've spent their lifetimes building the titans throw their full support behind the candidacy of Ohio Governor, William McKinley.
急于保护他们已穷尽一生打造而成的帝国 巨头们全力支持候选人俄亥俄州州长 即威廉·麦金莱
William McKinley's campaign manager was an industrialist himself and he went,essentially hat in head, around Wall Street "dunning them".
威廉·麦金莱的竞选经理本身就是一个实业家 他放下面子 跑到华尔街到处游说
Saying, "if McKinley doesn't win,that crazy man Bryant will be President and if Bryan is President, don't you realize what that is going to do to the credibility of the United States around the world"
说 如果麦金莱输了 布赖恩那个疯子就会成为总统 如果他成了总统 你还不知道他会对美国在世界上的信誉产生什么样的破坏吗

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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：
rally (sb / sth) (around / behind / to sb / sth)
召集；集合:
The cabinet rallied behind the Prime Minister.
内阁团结一致支持首相。

according to
依照；按照；根据:
The work was done according to her instructions.
这项工作是依照她的指示办的。

a pack of
群；帮；团伙:
We avoided a pack of journalists waiting outside.
我们避开了等在门外的一群记者。

take advantage of sth / sb
利用；利用(机会):
She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.
她趁孩子们不在时收拾了他们的房间。

feel daunted by
使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心
She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.
她是一个勇敢的女人,但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。

to gain / lack / lose credibility
获取/缺乏/失去信任
The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness.
原告竭力削弱证人的可信性。