TEXT:and turns the North into a global economic powerhouse. The man behind the canal is New York's gung -ho governor, Dewitt Clinton. Born to wealth, he won't take no for an answer. He wants to be president. Instead, he runs New York for 20 years. America was blessed with many inspirational leaders, and I think Dewitt Clinton had a real sense of how important new York could be for America. Clinton's vision: to make New York rich. Politically, the canal is a huge gamble. It's savaged in the press as dangerous and too expensive. They call it "Clinton's big ditch." But it will change New York forever. It is a work more stupendous, more magnificent, and more beneficial than has hither to been achieved by the human race. Entrepreneurship is about doing things when you don't know what it's gonna look like, you don't know what it's gonna be made of, you j ust have this instinct that you can do it and it'll work. Those guys had visions and did it. 50,000 men. 11 million cubic yards of rock. Enough to fill the Rose Bowl 26,000 times. Crews are filled with Irish immigrants. David Gilroy makes five times what he can earn back home, but it's hazardous work. They're literally moving mountains, and there's only one way through-- gunpowder. A highly combustible mix of nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. The wrong proportions can be lethal.

译文:把整个北方变成了全球经济中心。主持运河开凿的是满腔热忱的纽约州州长德威特·克林顿。出身富庶之家的他坚信一切皆可为，他有志当总统却最终在纽约州长任上尽心竭力了20年。鲁道夫·W·朱利安尼[前纽约市市长]：“美国历史上出现过许多独具慧眼的领导人，我认为德威特·克林顿深知纽约州的发展对美国意义重大。”克林顿的愿景是让纽约州富起来。从政治层面说，开凿运河就像一场豪赌，舆论纷纷抨击这项危险而又昂贵的工程。他们将其戏称为"克林顿的大沟"，而这条"大沟"将永远改变纽约州。这一工程比人类迄今为止所完成的任何工程都更伟大，更壮观并能产生更多效益。迈克尔·R·彭博[纽约市市长]：“所谓创业精神就是尽管你不知道结果怎样，也不知道该如何着手，你所凭借的只是一种直觉，一种充满必胜信心的直觉，这群人很有远见并且敢想敢做。”5万人，1100万立方码的石块。玫瑰碗球场可容纳92,542人，足以填满26000个玫瑰碗球场。工人中有很多是爱尔兰移民，大卫·吉尔罗伊在这里挣的钱是家乡的5倍，但这是项危险的工作。他们其实是在移山，而唯一可行的办法就是用火药。这是一种由硝酸盐，木炭及硫磺制成的极易燃的混合物，一旦配比出错后果就是致命的。