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 believers16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.171610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 plane27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 ten29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 people37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 plains.41在地下据说有钻石白银...And underground, there are rumors of gems, silver...42和世界上最大的黄金矿脉and the largest seams of gold in the world.43西班牙人传说中有个黄金