纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(42)

President William McKinley is re-elected to a second term and Aspiring¹ trust buster Theodore Roosevelt is installed as Vice² President.

让威廉·麦金莱再次当选总统 同时让托拉斯反对者西奥多·罗斯福坐上副总统的位子

A clever play to silence his influence.

这可是压制他影响力的一招妙棋

With McKinley in office for another four years, John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan have the freedom to expand their empires to unprecedented³ heights.

麦金莱再当上四年总统 约翰·洛克菲勒和J·P·摩根就可以无拘无束地扩大自己的帝国使之达到前所未有的高度

In September of 1901 President McKinley travels to Buffalo⁴ to give a speech heralding⁵ America's prosperity.

1901年九月 总统麦金莱旅行到水牛城发表演讲 以昭示美国的繁荣

But that prosperity hasn't reached everyone.

但这种繁荣并没有惠及所有人

Many are still struggling to survive and they're fed up with McKinley's close relationship with big business.

许多人还在为生存而挣扎 他们受够了麦金莱与大企业的密切关系

Leon Czolgosz is a former factory worker who recently lost his job at a company J.P. Morgan took over during the creation of U.S. Steel.

利昂·乔尔戈什曾经是一名工人 J·P·摩根创建美国钢铁 接手一家公司时让他丢了工作

As Czolgosz struggled, he took refuge in the growing anarchist⁶ movement.

落魄的利昂·乔尔戈什从日益活跃的无政府主义运动中寻求慰藉

He became convinced that the Government is helping⁷ the rich exploit the poor and he's determined⁸ to put an end to it.

他确信 政府正在帮助富人剥削穷人 他下决心要结束这种现象

1 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 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。

4 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 heralding   

v.预示( herald的现在分词 )；宣布（好或重要）

参考例句：

• It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities. 那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。 来自互联网
• Streaks of faint light were rising, heralding a new day. 几道淡淡的晨曦正在升起，预示新的一天的来临。 来自互联网

6 anarchist   

n.无政府主义者

参考例句：

• You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。
• I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。