美国历史《我们的故事》第八集城市109:亨利·福特将改写历史
日期:2012-12-21 17:28

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Clear the rig, clear the rig!

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离开钻井台 离开钻井台

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Finally, it came up with such momentum that it just shot up clear through the top of the derrick.

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最终石油势头强劲地涌出来,以至于高度都超过了油井架顶

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The guides of crude oil shoot almost 200 feet into the air.

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原油冲破天际几乎200英尺

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The Hamills were hoping for 50 barrels a day.

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哈米尔兄弟原希望一天产油50桶

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The well would soon be pumping out over 80,000,making the US the largest oil producer in the world.

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油井产量很快就突破了8万桶,使得美国成为世界上最大的产油国

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Overnight, the backers funding the rig are nearly $40 million richer.

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钻井台的投资者一夜之间,狂赚近4000万美元

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The Hamill brothers become legends.

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哈米尔兄弟缔造了神话

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The oil just burst out of the ground,and it spewed for days and days before they could bring it under control.

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石油就这样喷薄而出,在人们控制住它之前源源不断喷出

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It really marked the beginning of the petroleum age in the United States,and one could argue, in the world as well.

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这真的标志了美国石油时代的开端,也可以说是世界石油时代的开端

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Spindletop changes everything.

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纺锤顶改变了一切

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Oil production in the US instantly increases 50%

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美国的石油产量激增了50%

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Within a year, 500 oil companies are born,including Texaco and Gulf.

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仅仅一年内就诞生了500家石油公司,包括德士古和海湾石油公司

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The price of oil plummets from $2 a barrel to 3¢.

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石油的价格从每桶2美元急跌至3美分

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It's cheaper than water.

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比水还廉价

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Cheap enough to turn into gasoline.

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廉价到足以用来生产汽油

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Around the turn of the century,millions of Americans live their entire lives within 50 miles of their home.

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在世纪之交,数百万美国人一辈子都生活在自己家方圆50英里内

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Gasoline makes the US mobile in ways never thought possible.

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汽油使美国以一种前所未有的方式移动起来

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Today the average American drives the equivalent of 2 and a half round-trips to the moon.

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今天,平均每个美国人的开车路程相当于往返月球两次半

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One man will seize the opportunity in cheap oil and change the face of the nation.

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有一个人抓住了廉价石油潜在的机遇,并且改变了整个国家的面貌

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Detroit, 1908.Henry Ford:maverick, visionary, obsessive..a man with a bad reputation.

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底特律,1908年,亨利·福特aHfg_429&0,u。他标新立异,深有远见,执着坚持,名声并不好

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Recently let go by the company that will soon become Cadillac,he launches his third attempt to build cars.

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刚刚遭公司解雇,该公司是凯迪拉克的前身,这是他第三次尝试制造汽车

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But these will be different.

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不过制造方式截然不同

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There are only 8,000 cars in the US.

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当时美国只有8000辆汽车

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Expensive toys for the wealthy,like owning a private jet today.

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汽车是有钱人的高价玩具,类似于今天的私人飞机

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There were dozens and dozens of small companies building cars that were essentially play things for the rich.

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有许多小规模的汽车公司,造的车基本上是富人的玩具

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They were notoriously unreliable,they were not standardized,they were hand-built, essentially.

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众所周知它们很不可靠,没有统一的规格,基本上都是手工制造

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And if you were to own a car,you practically had to have your own mechanic on staff as well to keep the thing running.

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如果想要拥有一辆车,你几乎不得不配备私人机械师来维持正常运作

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Nobody's figured out how to make a car that's affordable and low-cost.

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没人知道如何可以造出令大众接受且造价低廉的汽车

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Henry Ford is about to change that.

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亨利·福特将改写历史

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It won't just change how cars are made.

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不仅改变了汽车的生产方式

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It will change how everything is made.

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还改变了所有东西的生产方式

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重点单词
  • affordableadj. 支付得起的,不太昂贵的
  • notoriouslyadv. 臭名昭著地,众所周知地
  • drivesn. 驱动器;驱动力;驱动程序(drive的复数形式)
  • mechanicadj. 手工的 n. 技工,机修工
  • equivalentadj. 等价的,相等的 n. 相等物
  • reputationn. 声誉,好名声
  • momentumn. 动力,要素,势头,(物理)动量
  • essentiallyadv. 本质上,本来
  • visionaryadj. 幻影的,幻想的,有远见卓识的 n. 空想家,梦
  • burstn. 破裂,阵,爆发 v. 爆裂,迸发