纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(37)

Carnegie wasn't gonna do any price haggling¹ with Morgan.

卡内基根本不会与摩根讨价还价

Carnegie writes done four hundred and eighty million on a piece of paper.

卡内基将他的报价4.8亿写在一张纸上

It's the equivalent of four hundred billion today.

这相当于今天的四千亿

More than Gates and Buffet² together.

超过盖茨和巴菲特的身家总和了

Carnegie has dared J.P. Morgan to buy him out for an outrageous³ price.

卡内基是在向J.P摩根挑衅 给出了一个离谱的价格

A sum that is higher than the entire budget of the U.S. Federal Government.

这比整个美国联邦政府的预算还要高

I have a price.

我这有个报价

America is on the move.

美国在发展

After decades of unprecedented⁴ growth, the country has emerged as one of the leading industrial powers in the world.

经过几十年的空前增长 美国已经成为世界上领先的工业大国之一

J.P. Morgan has consolidated⁵ business for years and now he's set his sights on Andrew Carnegie's steel empire.

J·P·摩根巩固业务已经多年了 现在他瞄准了安德鲁·卡内基的钢铁帝国

Hoping to take it over and create a monopoly in steel.

希望能抢过来 并建立钢铁垄断

But Carnegie has spent a lifetime building his company, rising from nothing to become one of the most powerful men in America.

但卡内基为公司花费了毕生的心血 从一无所有到成为美国最有权势的人士之一

Convincing him to sell will take an astronomical⁶ amount of money.

说服他卖掉公司肯定要花上天文数字了

1 haggling   

v.讨价还价( haggle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt. 我扔下他自己在市场上就一件衬衫讨价还价。
• Some were haggling loudly with traders as they hawked their wares. 有些人正在大声同兜售货物的商贩讲价钱。 来自辞典例句

2 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

3 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

4 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

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 astronomical   

adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的

参考例句：

• He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
• Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。