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Clear the rig, clear the rig!
离开钻井台 离开钻井台
Finally, it came up with such momentum that it just shot up clear through the top of the derrick.
最终石油势头强劲地涌出来，以至于高度都超过了油井架顶
The guides of crude oil shoot almost 200 feet into the air.
原油冲破天际几乎200英尺
The Hamills were hoping for 50 barrels a day.
哈米尔兄弟原希望一天产油50桶
The well would soon be pumping out over 80,000,making the US the largest oil producer in the world.
油井产量很快就突破了8万桶，使得美国成为世界上最大的产油国
Overnight, the backers funding the rig are nearly $40 million richer.
钻井台的投资者一夜之间，狂赚近4000万美元
The Hamill brothers become legends.
哈米尔兄弟缔造了神话
The oil just burst out of the ground,and it spewed for days and days before they could bring it under control.
石油就这样喷薄而出，在人们控制住它之前源源不断喷出
It really marked the beginning of the petroleum age in the United States,and one could argue, in the world as well.
这真的标志了美国石油时代的开端，也可以说是世界石油时代的开端
Spindletop changes everything.
纺锤顶改变了一切
Oil production in the US instantly increases 50%
美国的石油产量激增了50%
Within a year, 500 oil companies are born,including Texaco and Gulf.
仅仅一年内就诞生了500家石油公司，包括德士古和海湾石油公司
The price of oil plummets from $2 a barrel to 3￠.
石油的价格从每桶2美元急跌至3美分
It's cheaper than water.
比水还廉价
Cheap enough to turn into gasoline.
廉价到足以用来生产汽油
Around the turn of the century,millions of Americans live their entire lives within 50 miles of their home.
在世纪之交，数百万美国人一辈子都生活在自己家方圆50英里内
Gasoline makes the US mobile in ways never thought possible.
汽油使美国以一种前所未有的方式移动起来
Today the average American drives the equivalent of 2 and a half round-trips to the moon.
今天,平均每个美国人的开车路程相当于往返月球两次半
One man will seize the opportunity in cheap oil and change the face of the nation.
有一个人抓住了廉价石油潜在的机遇,并且改变了整个国家的面貌
Detroit, 1908.Henry Ford:maverick, visionary, obsessive..a man with a bad reputation.
底特律,1908年,亨利·福特。他标新立异，深有远见，执着坚持，名声并不好
Recently let go by the company that will soon become Cadillac,he launches his third attempt to build cars.
刚刚遭公司解雇，该公司是凯迪拉克的前身，这是他第三次尝试制造汽车
But these will be different.
不过制造方式截然不同
There are only 8,000 cars in the US.
当时美国只有8000辆汽车
Expensive toys for the wealthy,like owning a private jet today.
汽车是有钱人的高价玩具，类似于今天的私人飞机
There were dozens and dozens of small companies building cars that were essentially play things for the rich.
有许多小规模的汽车公司，造的车基本上是富人的玩具
They were notoriously unreliable,they were not standardized,they were hand-built, essentially.
众所周知它们很不可靠，没有统一的规格，基本上都是手工制造
And if you were to own a car,you practically had to have your own mechanic on staff as well to keep the thing running.
如果想要拥有一辆车，你几乎不得不配备私人机械师来维持正常运作
Nobody's figured out how to make a car that's affordable and low-cost.
没人知道如何可以造出令大众接受且造价低廉的汽车
Henry Ford is about to change that.
亨利·福特将改写历史
It won't just change how cars are made.
不仅改变了汽车的生产方式
It will change how everything is made.
还改变了所有东西的生产方式
