美國(guó)商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第31期:喋血工廠(6)

It's not going to withstand the Mississippi current.

它經(jīng)不住密西西比水流的沖擊。

So make it stronger.

那就建得更強(qiáng)一些。

Maybe if it was made out of steel...

如果用鋼的話或許能行。

Nothing's impossible.

沒(méi)有什么是不可能的。

Steel is the strongest material ever made.

鋼是有史以來(lái)最強(qiáng)的材料。

Created by mixing iron with carbon at over 2,000 degrees.

在2000多度下由鐵和碳混合制成。

The problem is, it's extremely expensive, and difficult to mass produce.

問(wèn)題在于，鋼的價(jià)格昂貴而且無(wú)法大批量生產(chǎn)。

Because steel is so rare, it's only used to make small items.

由于鋼的稀缺性，通常只有小物品能用鋼來(lái)打造。

Forks, knives, and jewelry.

比如餐叉，小刀，還有珠寶。

No one has ever tried to use steel to build a structure this big.

從來(lái)就沒(méi)人想過(guò)用鋼來(lái)建造一座如此巨大的橋梁。

Until now.

直到這時(shí)。

He's looking into the future.

他的思維很超前。

He looks across the Mississippi and he sees a bridge.

他遠(yuǎn)眺密西西比對(duì)岸，看到了一座橋。

And he's able to see that future.

他有能力看到這個(gè)未來(lái)。

And then willing to have enough confidence in his vision, to put everything he's got into it,and he's willing to convince others that he knows what that future is going to be.

他不僅有遠(yuǎn)見，還有足夠信心，愿意賭上一切，去大干一場(chǎng)，他也樂(lè)于說(shuō)服他人自己所展望到的未來(lái)是怎樣的。

In order to complete the bridge, Carnegie needs to find a way to make a massive amount ofsteel.

為了建成這座橋，卡內(nèi)基需要找到一種大規(guī)模生產(chǎn)鋼材的方式。

He spent a lot of time traveling.

他花了很多時(shí)間四處游歷。

He would go to steel mills,he would meet with chemists, to figure out,how do you make thissteel?

他去了很多煉鋼作坊，見了很多化學(xué)家，他想弄清如何量產(chǎn)鋼材。

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