纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 喋血工厂（5）

It's no good.

这不行

Why?

为什么

We can't block steamboat traffic. We've been through this.

我们不能阻挡汽船的通过

Show me the cantilevered one again.

给我看看悬臂式那种

It's not going to withstand the Mississippi currents.

它经不起密西西比水流的冲击

So make it stronger.

那就建得更强一些

It's impossible.

这是不可能的

The combined forces from the passenger traffic, rail freight and the river current

客运流量 铁路货运和河流冲击的合力

will exceed the tensile strength of iron.

将会超过铁的抗张强度

The bridge will collapse¹.

桥会坍塌

Here you go.

给

Thank you.

谢谢

Nothing's impossible.

没有什么是不可能的

You have to be patient

你需要有耐心

and have perseverance²

有毅力

and have a sense of where you want to go,

明确自己的目的

and having the passion to still believe in your idea

有一直相信自己信念的激情

even when everyone else is saying,

哪怕所有人都在说

well, why are you wasting your time on this.

干嘛浪费时间干这个

Obviously it's not happening.

现在这还没有发生

But you know it's going to happen and

但你知道肯定会发生

you never give up on that idea.

你绝不会放弃那个想法

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 perseverance   

n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
• Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。