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This new breed of businessman is doing things a different way.
这些新型商人的做法不一样的地方
They're creating products for the masses, while paying their employees a livable wage.
他们为广大人民群众生产商品 同时向员工支付过得去的工资
With safe working conditions and a standard forty-hour work week.
提供安全的工作条件以及每周四十小时的工作时长
The era of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan looks like it may have come to an end.
洛克菲勒 卡内基和摩根的时代看来已经走到了尽头
But America's three most powerful men are just as relevant as ever before.
但这三位美国最有权势的人依然和以往任何时候一样重要
Standard Oil gasoline stations appear across the country fueling Henry Ford's cars, cars that are built using Carnegie's steel in factories powered by J.P. Morgan's electricity.
标准石油公司加油站遍布全国各地为亨利·福特的汽车加油 这些汽车又是用的卡内基的钢铁 生产厂房的供电又是由摩根提供的
The new breed of businessman may be doing things different from their predecessors but their innovations wouldn't be possible without the groundwork laid by men like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.
新型商人与前辈的做法可能不一样 但他们的创新离不开科尼利尔斯·范德比尔特 安德鲁·卡内基 J·P·摩根 约翰·D·洛克菲勒等前辈奠定的基础
The result is broad prosperity shared throughout the country and perhaps America's greatest innovation yet, a thriving and prosperous middle class.
其结果就是全国范围内的广泛繁荣 一个繁荣昌盛的中产阶级随之诞生 这或许才是美国最伟大的发明

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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：
a breed of
(人的)类型,种类:
He represents a new breed of politician.
他代表着新一类的政治家。

thrive in
兴旺发达；繁荣；蓬勃发展；旺盛；茁壮成长
New businesses thrive in this area.
新企业在这一地区蓬勃兴起。

relevant (to sth / sb)
紧密相关的；切题的:
These comments are not directly relevant to this enquiry.
这些意见与这项调查没有直接联系。

mass of sth
大量；许多:
I began sifting through the mass of evidence.
我开始认真筛选大量的证据。

groundwork(for sth)
基础工作；准备工作:
Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders.
官员们正在为世界首脑峰会做准备工作。