纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 石油风云（5）

Rockefeller is raised in a poor Cleveland household,

洛克菲勒生于一个贫穷的克利夫兰家庭

but even as a young man, he yearns¹ for something more, something bigger,

但他在很小的时候 就有要求更多更大的渴望

and he knows it isn't going to be handed to him.

他也知道 没人会自己把这些送给他

As a young man, he shows a strong entrepreneurial² streak³,

还很小的时候 他就显示出了很强的创业倾向

starting his own small business

他开始了自己的小生意

selling candy to local children.

向当地小孩售卖糖果

Thank you very much.

非常谢谢你

Here's three pieces.

这是三块

From an early age,

从很小开始

Rockefeller helps to support his family,

洛克菲勒就开始帮助维持家庭的生计

mostly because he was never able to rely on his father.

主要原因在于 他从未能指望自己的父亲

It cures cancer.

它能治愈癌症

Folks, that is right, it cures cancer.

伙计们 听好 它能治愈癌症

Now you're asking yourself

你们肯定在想

Sir, I bet in your mind you're saying, "Bill, is this true?"

先生 我敢打赌你一定是在想 "比尔 真的吗"

John Rockefeller's father is a conman.

约翰·洛克菲勒的父亲是一个江湖骗子

Rebecca, I met seven years ago. She had pneumonia⁴.

丽贝卡 我七年前碰到她 她患有肺炎

Better known around Cleveland as "Devil Bill".

在克利夫兰附近 人们都叫他"魔鬼比尔"

Who would like to buy some? A dollar twenty-five a bottle. Yes, sir.

有人要买吗 1.25美元一瓶 好的先生

He disappears for months at a time,

他经常会失踪几个月时间

leaving his family without money to support themselves.

撇下整个没有钱维持生计的家庭

I'm only here for one day.

我只在这里逗留一天

Once I'm gone, I am gone.

我走了就走了

I may not be back.

可能再也不会回来

Never trust anybody, son.

不要相信任何人 儿子

Not even me.

甚至是我

1 yearns   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow. 每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情。
• What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas. 我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。

2 entrepreneurial   

adj.企业家的；企业性质的

参考例句：

• Supply-side economics was supposed to promote savings, investment, and entrepreneurial creativity. 供应经济学政策的经济应该能够提高存款，刺激投资和企业创造力。
• How developing countries should enlarge their ranks of entrepreneurial organizers is very much an open question. 发展中国家应该怎样扩大其企业组织者的队伍是一个很有争论的问题。

3 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

4 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。