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President William McKinley is re-elected to a second term and Aspiring trust buster Theodore Roosevelt is installed as Vice President.
让威廉·麦金莱再次当选总统 同时让托拉斯反对者西奥多·罗斯福坐上副总统的位子
A clever play to silence his influence.
这可是压制他影响力的一招妙棋
With McKinley in office for another four years, John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan have the freedom to expand their empires to unprecedented heights.
麦金莱再当上四年总统 约翰·洛克菲勒和J·P·摩根就可以无拘无束地扩大自己的帝国使之达到前所未有的高度
In September of 1901 President McKinley travels to Buffalo to give a speech heralding America's prosperity.
1901年九月 总统麦金莱旅行到水牛城发表演讲 以昭示美国的繁荣
But that prosperity hasn't reached everyone.
但这种繁荣并没有惠及所有人
Many are still struggling to survive and they're fed up with McKinley's close relationship with big business.
许多人还在为生存而挣扎 他们受够了麦金莱与大企业的密切关系
Leon Czolgosz is a former factory worker who recently lost his job at a company J.P. Morgan took over during the creation of U.S. Steel.
利昂·乔尔戈什曾经是一名工人 J·P·摩根创建美国钢铁 接手一家公司时让他丢了工作
As Czolgosz struggled, he took refuge in the growing anarchist movement.
落魄的利昂·乔尔戈什从日益活跃的无政府主义运动中寻求慰藉
He became convinced that the Government is helping the rich exploit the poor and he's determined to put an end to it.
他确信 政府正在帮助富人剥削穷人 他下决心要结束这种现象

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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：
install sb (as sth)
(常以正式仪式)使就职,任命:
He was installed as President last May.
他于去年五月份正式就任总统。

exploit sb
剥削；榨取:
What is being done to stop employers from exploiting young people?
目前有什么措施制止雇主剥削年轻人呢？

take refuge in
庇护；避难:
A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy.
又有 300 人在美国大使馆避难。

put an end to sth
结束…
It's time to put the end to the corrupt government.
是时候推翻腐败的政府了。

herald sb / sth (as sth)
宣布(好或重要):
The report is being heralded as a blueprint for the future of transport.
这份报告被宣称是未来运输的蓝图。

silence sth
压制,使不再发表(反对意见):
Her recent achievements have silenced her critics.
她近来取得的成果让那些批评她的人无话可说了。