听力文本

The populist make efforts to make connections with the laboring, the new labor unions
平民党人努力地与劳工及新建立的工会拉近关系
It's hard to say how sincere those were
但难说其中有多少诚意
There was a lot of nativism in the populist movement
平民运动中参杂了很多本土主义
Suspicion of the immigrants, suspicion of cities
他们对移民，城市都持怀疑态度
Very strong sense of the cities as seats of decadence
认为城市是滋生腐败的温床
If you will,and urban workers were too sure that that this wasn't gonna be a good deal for them
这使得城市的工人们明显感觉到平民党的利益与他们相悖
They like the idea of cheap food
他们想要购买廉价的食物
They didn't want agriculture prices to go up
不想农产品价格上升
They like the idea of protectionism
他们青睐保护主义

So definitely there something, the marriage did not happen
所以很明显，劳工阶层并没有支持平民党的意思
And I'm sorry I forgot to mention my point here
对了刚才忘记讲这个问题了
Dorothy Gale. what does it mean to you, Dorothy Gale
桃乐丝·盖尔。你们喜欢这个角色吗
Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz
《绿野仙踪》里的小女孩桃乐丝
and there was a thesis highly debated that the Wizard of Oz is all about the gold standard
当时有很多人都认为《绿野仙踪》里充满了对金本位制的暗示
The Yellow Brick Road is the gold standard
例如那条通往Oz国的黄砖路
Dothory evidently originally had silver slippers
桃乐丝换掉了她那双银色的拖鞋
The tin man without a heart is the industrial worker
没有心脏的铁皮人暗示工厂里的工人
His heart was destroyed by capitalism
他们的心脏被资本主义掏空了
The Scarecrow was the farmer, it goes on and on
稻草人暗示的是农民，等等

视频及简介

这一集大致讲述了1920－1972年总统大选的历史与过程，主要以一战、1929大萧条、二战、美苏冷战为历史背景，穿插了西奥多罗斯福，富兰克林罗斯福，杜鲁门，肯尼迪等几位著名美国总统的竞选和执政经历。