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This is William Jennings Bryan at a recent Democrat rally.

这是威廉·詹宁斯·布赖恩在最近的一次民主党集会上演讲

He's a prohibitionist and a devout Presbyterian.

他是禁酒主义者 虔诚的长老会教徒

According to him, Darwin's theory of evolution is a pack of lies.

他认为达尔文的进化论纯属一派胡言

He's an enemy of the gold standard and an enemy of big business.

他是金本位以及大企业的敌人

It is certain that he will win the Democratic nomination.

他肯定会赢得民主党总统候选人的提名

What do you think

你们怎么看

The Republican party has a good candidate.

共和党的候选人也不错

No. We have to buy our own president.

不行 总统宝座我们必须买下

They took advantage of the strengths.

他们发挥了自己的优势

When you have, you know, what relatively speaking is an unlimited amount of money,you can pay people to do almost anything for you.

当你拥有可以说是无穷无尽的钱财的时候 你几乎可以雇人为你做任何事情

Desperate to protect the empires they've spent their lifetimes building the titans throw their full support behind the candidacy of Ohio Governor, William McKinley.

急于保护他们已穷尽一生打造而成的帝国 巨头们全力支持候选人俄亥俄州州长 即威廉·麦金莱

William McKinley's campaign manager was an industrialist himself and he went,essentially hat in head, around Wall Street "dunning them".

威廉·麦金莱的竞选经理本身就是一个实业家 他放下面子 跑到华尔街到处游说

Saying, "if McKinley doesn't win,that crazy man Bryant will be President and if Bryan is President, don't you realize what that is going to do to the credibility of the United States around the world"

说 如果麦金莱输了 布赖恩那个疯子就会成为总统 如果他成了总统 你还不知道他会对美国在世界上的信誉产生什么样的破坏吗

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