It began in 1927,desolate corner of South Dakota,as a way to attract tourists.

这项工程始于1927年，就在南达科他州一个荒无人烟的角落，借此吸引游客眼球

Now it's a federally funded project,

现在它成了政府资助的项目

part of President Roosevelt's New Deal,to reinvigorate the country.

罗斯福总统新政的一部分 意图重振美国信心

Soon they'll start on Jefferson, then Lincoln

杰斐逊 林肯和罗斯福雕像

The heads alone will be 60 feet high and Washington's nose is 19 feet long,

仅头像就有60英尺高，华盛顿的鼻子有足足19英尺长

as big as the head of the Sphinx in Egypt.

大小相当于埃及狮身人面像的头部

You can get a good idea of the size of the monument by these men playing leapfrog along the nose of the father of his country.

从工人在国父鼻子上蹬跳的场景，可以充分领略到这些纪念像的规格有多大

It's a grand undertaking.

工程规模浩大

They were, in a way, our pyramids.

它从某种意义上说是美国人自己的金字塔

We were building something that would last and be a statement about who we were.

我们要建一座有永久纪念意义的雕像，让它成为美国的象征

The 500-foot cliff is being sculpted by dynamite...

这面500英尺的崖壁 是用炸药雕刻的

a dangerous way to make a living for drillers like Bill Reynolds.

像比尔·雷诺兹一样的钻工冒着生命危险在此作业

Below Bill are 20 charges of dynamite able to blast 3 tons of solid rock.

比尔的脚下分布着20处炸药坑足以炸掉三吨坚硬的岩石

Above him is 60 feet of sheer cliff...

他的头顶上是60英尺高的峭壁

where the detonator and the hoist man are.

拉绳索的工人和雷管全在上面

Take me up!Drillers always move up to stay above any charges,just in case they should accidentally go off.

拉我上去!钻工需要不断上升到炸药区上方进行作业以防被意外的爆炸所伤

Up! Up!

再上点 再上点

The charges are due to be set off at 4:00 p.m.

预定的引爆时间是下午4时

That's good!

好 停

It's only 3:34,so Bill's not worried.

现在只是3时34分,比尔还没考虑撤离

But behind him,a mighty Midwestern storm is brewing.

但此刻在他身后,一场席卷中西部的暴风雨正在酝酿之中

He has no idea what is happening 5 miles away.

他对五英里以外的情况一无所知

The electrical charge runs straight down the power lines into Mount Rushmore...and the detonator.

这道闪电沿着电力输送线径直来到拉什莫尔山 并击中雷管