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At the turn of the century, Coney was the largest amusement park in the world.
在世纪之交时，康尼是世界上最大的游乐园。
Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman were among the thousands who flocked to see the magical electric light at work.
查尔斯·狄更斯、马克·吐温、西格蒙德·弗洛伊德、赫尔曼·梅尔维尔和沃尔特·惠特曼等数千人蜂拥前来观看神奇的电。
Coney Island wouldn't be Coney Island without electricity.
如果没有电的话，康尼岛就不会是康尼岛了。
If you remember correctly, electricity made its debut in Coney Island.
如果没记错的话，电力是在康尼岛首次亮相的。
Coney is lights. Coney is movement. Coney is electric.
康尼就是灯光。康尼就是运动。康尼就是电的。
The electric Astroland Cyclone is ranked one of the top five roller coasters in our country and it is one of the oldest.
电动的星地气旋是我国五大过山车之一，也是最古老的过山车之一。
By the time it reaches the bottom, it's traveling fifty-five miles an hour.
当它到达底部时，速度可达每小时55英里。
And, the passengers feel the force of 4Gs.
乘客们感受到了4g的力量。
For the last seventy years this electric motor has made it all possible, pulling the seven ton car to the top of the hill.
在过去的70年里，这台电动机使这一切成为可能，把这辆7吨重的车拉到了山顶。
An electric motor is a generator in reverse turning electricity into motion instead of the other way around.
电动机是一种发电机，它把电反向转化为运动，并非反之。
The motor is connected to a belt that turns a fifteen foot wheel that pulls the chain.
马达与一条皮带相连，皮带转动一个15英尺长的轮子来拉动链条。
It's a powerful system.
这是一个强大的系统。
When the roller coaster clanks up the hill the motor is drawing six hundred amps, enough electricity to power three modern homes.
当过山车叮当当当地爬上山时，马达的电流达到了600安培，足以为三个现代的家庭供电。
Coney Island was one of the first places that exploited electricity for profit and pleasure.
康尼岛是最早利用电力获利和娱乐的地方之一。
Good use. It's the only use. I mean, listen, electricity it attracts us all.
好用，这是唯一的用途。我是说，电能吸引我们所有人。
If we didn't have electricity where would we be today?
如果我们没有电的话，今天的我们会在哪里？
Along with the rest of New York City, Coney Island found out what it was like to be without electricity in the blackout of 1977.
在1977年的大停电中，康尼岛和纽约市的其他地方一起尝到了停电的滋味。
All of a sudden lights went out, and I looked up, I looked out at the, at the park and at, up at the Wonderwheel, nothing was moving.
灯突然灭了，我抬头看了看，然后看了看外面的游乐园，又看了看仙境轮，所有东西都不动了。
