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Here just 20 years earlier, the Donner Party became trapped in the snow and ate each other.
就在仅仅20年前，唐纳一行受困于暴风雪之中，最后只得食人
Now Judah's railroad cuts right through the mountain,1649 feet of rock must be excavated,the longest tunnel on the route.
由于犹大的铁路直接贯穿山脉，需要挖掘1649英尺深的石头才能成就这条线路上最长的隧道
Chinese laborers dig day and night.
中国工人夜以继日地开凿
It's easier to ship workers from China than to get Americans across the continent.
从中国运来劳工比在美国大陆招募工人容易得多
The railroad magnets said,"The Chinese built a g great wall, didn't they?
铁路大王说，中国人建造了长城，不是吗？
Let's bring the Chinese in to do this work."
那我们就招募中国人来施工
Over 10,000 Chinese laborers earn less and do the deadliest jobs.
超过10000名中国工人在最凶险的环境中工作，工资反而更少
The transcontinental railroad was built by Chinese workers brought over specifically to work on the railroad,
这条横贯大陆的铁路是中国工人修建的，他们被专门引进来建这条铁路，
and they were considered somewhere in between human and animal.
他们的待遇，可以说是比牲口好不到哪去
They were not expected to survive.
没人指望他们能够生还
They were expected to come here and work and die.
他们的命运就是死在工地上
7,000 miles from home,17-year-old Hung Leiwo swaps a life in poverty in Canton for a back-breaking work on the railroad gang.
背井离乡7000英里对于17岁的洪雷沃来说，他在广东捉襟见肘的生活变成修建工地上每日筋疲力竭的工作
Hung Leiwo must cut through granite so tough,a rock the size of a big toe will support 50 tons of locomotive.
洪雷沃必须使出全力来开凿岩石才能使大脚趾般大的石头，足以承受重达50吨的火车头
Progress slows to inches a day.
工程的进展变得异常缓慢
To breakthrough, they need nitroglycerin,but transporting it is banned when 15 men are blown to pieces.
想要有所突破就得用炸药，但是运输炸药是违禁的 因为它的威力能把15个人炸得血肉横飞
In a mobile lab,Scottish chemist James Houghton mixes it on the spot.
在一个移动实验室中，苏格兰化学家詹姆斯·霍顿，现场配制炸药
Nitroglycerin is 13 times more powerful than gun powder.
炸药的威力是普通火药的13倍多
So unstable. Any physical shock, and it will explode in his hand.
但它非常不稳定，任何震动，都可能导致它当场爆炸
Houghton gets hazard pay.
霍顿的工作高风险高回报
$4,000 a month in modern money.
每月收入相当于现在的4000美元
After three months in the mountains, he turns to drink,leaving the nitro to Chinese men like Hung Leiwo,
在山里面待了三个月后他开始酗酒，把配制炸药的工作扔给洪雷沃这样的中国人
Irish crews won't touch it.
爱尔兰工人则避之不及
Detonation creates temperatures of 9,000 degrees.It's hot as the surface of the sun.
爆炸会使温度飙升至9000华氏度和太阳表面温度一样高
