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It was a very clear, scientific approach to taking information, connecting the dots,
这是一种清晰且科学的方法 以获得信息 连线画图
and making sense of what was happening.
弄清所发生的事情
All the information was out there,but until John Snow,
信息早已齐全 但在约翰·斯诺之前
we hadn't put the pieces together yet.
我们并没有将这些碎片整合到一起
But the stench of open sewers makes life in London unbearable.
伦敦开放式下水道的恶臭让人们无法忍受
They call it "The great stink".
他们称它为"恶臭熏天"
The British Parliament takes action.
英国议会采取了行动
In the Age of Industry,Engineering is the key to cities of the future.
在工业时代工程是城市未来的关键
The London sewer system.
伦敦的排污系统建成
1,300 miles of tunnels beneath the city.
这是一条长达一千三百英里的城市地下隧道
260 million specially fired bricks.
共用两亿六千万块特制烧结砖
In the next forty years,New sewer systems in Europe's cities will help reduce death
在之后的四十年里欧洲城市新的排污系统会让
From waterborne diseases by a quarter.
因水传播疾病而致死的人数减少四分之一
Sewage systems really are the foundation of any major city today.
现今 下水道排污系统的确是 任何大城市的基础设施
And without them, we wouldn't be able to exist.
没有它们 我们无法生存
There would be disease, there would be death.
世界会被疾病与死亡笼罩
Sewage systems allowed us to develop into multi-million person cities.
下水道排污系统使得 数百万人口的城市得以出现
Engineering, innovation and new resources.
工程 改革和新的资源
The industrial age makes Britain the richest nation on earth.
工业时代让英国成为世界上最富有的国家
A small island nation of 17 million people Projects its power across the planet,
一个一千七百万人的小岛国 将他的势力散射到整个星球
Triggering a global struggle Between the old order and the new.
触发了新旧秩序之间的 世界性的斗争
