美国史话第一集.docxVIP

1 为了开创新生活 不畏艰险的先辈们远涉重洋 Adventurers sail across an ocean to start a new life. 2 在这里建立了一个新国家 A nation is born, 3 从此这个国家受到了全世界的羡慕 which becomes the envy of the world. 4 但在追求自由的过程中 But in search of freedom... 5 好友也能变成仇敌 friends become foes, 6 这些新美洲人 and these new Americans.. 7 即将与世界上最强大的军事力量决战 will wage a war against the worlds greatest military power. 8 我们是先锋 We are pioneers... 9 也是开拓者 and trailblazers. 10 我们为自由而战 We fight... for freedom. 11 我们要将梦想化为现实 We transform our dreams into the truth. 12 我们的奋斗将换来一个国家的新生 Our struggles... will become a nation. 13 美国: 我们的故事 14 第一集 反抗者 15 一艘艘满载着商贩与虔诚信徒的船只 Shiploads of businessmen and true believers 16 正在络绎不绝地横渡大西洋，要去美洲开辟一片新天地 are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to create a new world. 17 1610年5月 May 1610. 18 即在哥伦布发现新大陆的120年后 120 years after Columbus, 19 跨洋航行仍然十分凶险 its still a perilous journey. 20 其中一艘名叫“平安号”的商船上 One ship, The Deliverance, 21 所载的货物 － 人－ 将永远地改变美洲大陆 carries a cargo that will change America forever. 22 都来帮忙啊 All hands over here. 23 船上有一个24岁的英国农民约翰·罗尔夫 Onboard is John Rolfe, a 24-year-old English farmer. 24 他雄心勃勃 充满自信 富有远见 Ambitious, self-reliant, visionary. 25 是位天生的企业家 A born entrepreneur. 26 今天乘飞机跨越大西洋只需六个小时 What takes us six hours today by plane 27 而当年坐船却需要两个多月 was then a voyage of more than two months. 28 早期闯荡美洲的人中 十个中有七个 Seven of the early adventurers out of every ten 29 不出一年会死在美洲 will be dead within a year. 30 哎 看见陆地了 Land ahoy! 31 但是 到美洲冒险还是值得的 But the risks are worth it. 32 北美大陆是一个理想的充满机遇的地方 North America is the ultimate land of opportunity. 33 这片大陆上沉睡着无尽的财富 A continent of vast untapped wealth. 34 首屈一指的是财富中的财富... Starting with the most valuable resource of all... 35 土地 land. 36 这块后来成为三亿多人家园的土地 What will be home to more than 300 million people 37 有几乎一半的面积被森林厚厚实实地覆盖着 lies under a blanket of forest covering nearly half the land. 38 这些森林里共有五百多亿棵树 More than 50 billion trees. 39 再往西 就是九百万平方英里的美洲大荒原 Further west, 9 million square miles of vast American wilderness. 40 六千万只美洲野牛在平原上自由奔腾 60 million bison roam the plain