纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 新的对手(11)

Edison's workers labor¹ day and night,digging a network of ditches over fifteen miles long.

爱迪生的工人夜以继日地工作 挖出超过15英里的坑网

They lay over one hundred thousand feet of thick copper² wire,connecting Edison's power station to hundreds of homes and businesses throughout New York.

埋入超过十万英尺的粗铜线 让爱迪生的发电站同纽约数百个家庭和商用建筑相连

Edison's power grid³ becomes the model for how electricity is transmitted in the United States.

爱迪生的电网成为了之后美国电力传输的典范

He had never worked so long and so hard at any invention to make it functional⁴ as he did with electricity.

他只对电付出过这么多心血 他从未为了让其它发明实际产生功用而这样做过

With Edison's power station up and running,a new era dawns.

随着爱迪生的发电厂建成并投入使用 新纪元开启了

The city lights up for the first time ever.

整个城市第一次被点亮起来

And soon, Edison's power grid covers half of Manhattan.

很快 爱迪生的电网就布满了半个曼哈顿

Electric streetlights line avenues,and homes throughout New York are buzzing with electricity.

电灯排在街道两侧 纽约的无数家庭 也都闪耀着电光

Edison had a big think approach which said that,We can build giant distribution centers and make it so that electricity is cheap enough for the masses.What a brilliant idea.

爱迪生的想法非常伟大 他认为我们可以建立巨大的配送中心 让电的价格得以降低 并进入寻常百姓家 多么卓越的见解

J.P. Morgan and Thomas Edison stand to make a fortune.

J·P·摩根和托马斯·爱迪生为创造财富做好了准备

But their success is bad news for the most powerful man in the country.

但他们的成功对国内最有权势的人无疑是坏消息

Until now, John Rockefeller has been virtually unchallenged while providing light to homes from coast to coast.

直到当时 约翰·洛克菲勒还在为全国的家庭提供灯光 他还未受到真正的挑战

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

3 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

4 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。