Radio is one of the few things to bring comfort to those who stay.

收音机成为留下来的居民为数不多的慰藉之一

It connects them to the rest of the country.

使他们能获得全国各地的消息

By 1935,a network of stations with 10,000-watt transmitters links the country together.

到1935年，拥有万瓦发射器的发射站组成全国性网络，把举国上下连在了一起

The same voice can be heard from coast to coast.

全国各地可以收听同样的声音

Radios become the country's most popular household item.

收音机成为最受欢迎的家庭用品

By 1934, there are over 18 million radio sets.

到1934年 美国共有1800多万台收音机

40% of America lives in isolated rural communities,

40%的美国人生活在与世隔绝的农村地区

but now they can get local news and weather,farm prices, and be part of national events.

但现在，他们能收听到新闻和天气预报，了解农产品价格并参与国家大事

America was built for the introduction of radio.

收音机的引入将全美各地联系在了一起

This is a vast land.

这是一片广阔的疆域

It has a lot of different layers to it as you go across the country.

如果你四处走走就会发现各地风土人情迥异

America was learning about itself through news from across the country and around the world.

通过来自全国乃至世界各地的消息美国渐渐形成了自我认知

Germany is rearming.

德意志正重整军备

Regular news reports bring international events straight into American homes.

日常的新闻报道将国际要闻直接传送给美国的千家万户

Little do Americans realize that news from so far away will change America forever.

美国人几乎没有意识到，如此遥远地区的消息即将彻底改变美国

..will tie Hitler's ambitious.

将会限制希特勒雄心勃勃的

The struggle against the Great Depression continues.

人们仍在力抗大萧条

The American people will not give up.

美国人民永不言弃

The French gave America the Statue of Liberty.

法国将自由女神像赠送给美国人民

Now America builds her own monument to its people's tenacity.

如今美国自己建造纪念像来纪念本国人民不屈不挠的精神

Blasted out of solid rock, Mount Rushmore is created.

以炸药做斧凿 建成了拉什莫尔山

The blasting of Washington's chin and the first step in the world's largest monument is finished.

炸药雕凿出了华盛顿的下巴，建造世上最大纪念像的第一步已经完成