纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(64)

This new breed of businessman is doing things a different way.

这些新型商人的做法不一样的地方

They're creating products for the masses, while paying their employees a livable wage.

他们为广大人民群众生产商品 同时向员工支付过得去的工资

With safe working conditions and a standard forty-hour work week.

提供安全的工作条件以及每周四十小时的工作时长

The era of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan looks like it may have come to an end.

洛克菲勒 卡内基和摩根的时代看来已经走到了尽头

But America's three most powerful men are just as relevant as ever before.

但这三位美国最有权势的人依然和以往任何时候一样重要

Standard Oil gasoline stations appear across the country fueling Henry Ford's cars, cars that are built using Carnegie's steel in factories powered by J.P. Morgan's electricity.

标准石油公司加油站遍布全国各地为亨利·福特的汽车加油 这些汽车又是用的卡内基的钢铁 生产厂房的供电又是由摩根提供的

The new breed of businessman may be doing things different from their predecessors¹ but their innovations wouldn't be possible without the groundwork laid by men like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.

新型商人与前辈的做法可能不一样 但他们的创新离不开科尼利尔斯·范德比尔特 安德鲁·卡内基 J·P·摩根 约翰·D·洛克菲勒等前辈奠定的基础

The result is broad prosperity shared throughout the country and perhaps America's greatest innovation yet, a thriving and prosperous middle class.

其结果就是全国范围内的广泛繁荣 一个繁荣昌盛的中产阶级随之诞生 这或许才是美国最伟大的发明

1 predecessors   

n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 )；前辈；（被取代的）原有事物；前身

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》