纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 新的对手(1)

A new threat is emerging.

一个新的威胁即将出现

J.P. Morgan is a banker,who's made a fortune consolidating¹ broken industries,buying out failing companies,and returning them to profitability.

J·P·摩根是一位银行家 他的财富来自于 整合状况不佳的行业 购买经营失败的公司 并让它们重新盈利

Companies like Carnegie Steel.

像卡内基钢铁这样的公司

You look at J.P. Morgan,the way he controlled the banks.

看看J·P·摩根控制银行的方式

Basically he's one man who just literally² dominated the banking³ industry,and, essentially⁴, dominated financing in the country.

他几乎是一个人主宰了整个银行业几乎是一个人主宰了全国的金融

Morgan most recently consolidated⁵ parts of the broken railroad industry,making them profitable by eliminating unnecessary competition.

摩根最近部分整合了状况不佳的铁路工业 通过消除不必要的竞争 让其重新盈利

I've heard enough.

够了

This is what's going to happen.

这样吧

There's going to be an end to this war.

让战争结束

The Morgan Bank will buy the West Shore and lease it to the Central.

摩根银行将收购西岸公司并将它租给中央公司

They'll also buy the central stake in the South Pennsylvania in exchange for a share in other railroads.

他们还将买下南宾州的中央股份交换其它铁路公司中的股份

He excelled at taking warring parties,who were destroying an industry,and bringing peace on terms that were suitable to them,profitable to him,and which gave him leverage⁶ in the business itself.

他很擅于斡旋争斗各方 避免他们破坏整个行业 以各方都能接受的条款 为其带来和平 同时让自己赚到钱 让自己的生意更有影响力

Anyone who knew anything about him realized that,like him or not, he got things done.

任何了解他的人都会认识到 无论喜不喜欢他 他至少能够搞定事情

Due to Frick's callousness,Andrew Carnegie fears he might become Morgan's next target.

由于弗里克的麻木不仁 安德鲁·卡内基害怕自己会成为摩根的下一个目标

He makes a bold move.

他走了一步险棋

One that's become all but inevitable⁷.

这几乎已经成为势在必行之举

1 consolidating   

v.（使）巩固， （使）加强( consolidate的现在分词 )；（使）合并

参考例句：

• These measures are meant for consolidating the system of basic medical care. 这些举措旨在夯实基层医疗体系，让老百姓看大病不必出远门。 来自互联网
• We are consolidating the Chinese and English versions of our homepage. 我们将为您提供中英文版本一起的主页。 来自互联网

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。

6 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

7 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。