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洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。[qh]
n. 奇异的事物，罕见的例子
v. 惊异于，惊
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- I benefit from high-class competition.
- 高层次的竞争让我受益无穷
- I've been dogged by the competition,bested by the competition a couple times.
- 竞争一直追随着我我有过成功
- But I've had my licks, too,and we've managed to hold our own.
- 也有过失败 无论怎样 我们都挺了过来
- To overtake Rockefeller as the richest man in the country,Carnegie can't just be a profitable steel maker.
- 为了取代洛克菲勒的全国首富地位 "可盈利"对于卡内基是远远不够的
- He's got to be the most profitable.
- 他需要是盈利性最强的
- And for that, he needs an edge.
- 为此 他需要一个突破口
- He sets his sights on a struggling steel mill outside Pittsburgh.
- 他将目光 投向了匹兹堡外一家努力挣扎的钢厂
- With plans to make it the largest in his steel making empire.
- 计划将它打造成自己钢铁帝国中最大的
- Carnegie invests millions retooling the plant to turn out more structural steel than any other mill of its size.
- 卡内基投资数百万美元 重建工厂让它比相同规模的其它工厂 能产出更多结构性钢材
- The Homestead Steel Works is a true modern marvel.
- 霍姆斯泰德钢厂堪称真正的现代奇迹
- But it can't operate without man power.
- 但如果没有人力 它就无法运行
- One of the huge costs in a steel mill is labor.
- 钢厂的一大成本便是劳动力
- Carnegie knew that to stay profitable.
- 卡内基知道 要保持高利润率
- He had to keep costs low.
- 成本就必须压到最低
- And the only way to keep costs low was to reduce wages and increase working hours.
- 压低成本的唯一方式便是降低工资 并提高工作时长
- To keep profits growing, Carnegie needs to continue cutting costs.Including wages.
- 为了增加利润 卡内基需要不断降低成本 包括削减工资
- But he's also determined to repair his image.
- 不过他还想要重塑自己的形象
- Something he can't do in the midst of a labor dispute.
- 如果陷入劳资纠纷 重塑形象就无从谈起
- So he turns to his chairman to do the dirty work.
- 于是他只有找自己的主席去做脏活
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| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| marvel | ['mɑ:vəl] | |||
| dispute | [di'spju:t] | 联想记忆 | ||
| benefit | ['benifit] | 联想记忆 | ||
| overtake | [.əuvə'teik] | |||
| determined | [di'tə:mind] | |||
| mill | [mil] | 联想记忆 | ||
| profitable | ['prɔfitəbl] | 联想记忆 | ||
| operate | ['ɔpəreit] | |||
| competition | [kɔmpi'tiʃən] |
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