美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第69期:新的對手(11)

Edison's workers labor day and night,digging anetwork of ditches over fifteen miles long.

愛迪生的工人夜以繼日地工作 挖出超過15英里的坑網(wǎng)

They lay over one hundred thousand feet of thickcopper wire,connecting Edison's power station tohundreds of homes and businesses throughout NewYork.

埋入超過十萬英尺的粗銅線 讓愛迪生的發(fā)電站同紐約數(shù)百個家庭和商用建筑相連

Edison's power grid becomes the model for how electricity is transmitted in the United States.

愛迪生的電網(wǎng)成為了之后美國電力傳輸?shù)牡浞?/p>

He had never worked so long and so hard at any invention to make it functional as he didwith electricity.

他只對電付出過這么多心血 他從未為了讓其它發(fā)明實際產(chǎn)生功用而這樣做過

With Edison's power station up and running,a new era dawns.

隨著愛迪生的發(fā)電廠建成并投入使用 新紀(jì)元開啟了

The city lights up for the first time ever.

整個城市第一次被點亮起來

And soon, Edison's power grid covers half of Manhattan.

很快 愛迪生的電網(wǎng)就布滿了半個曼哈頓

Electric streetlights line avenues,and homes throughout New York are buzzing with electricity.

電燈排在街道兩側(cè) 紐約的無數(shù)家庭 也都閃耀著電光

Edison had a big think approach which said that,We can build giant distribution centers andmake it so that electricity is cheap enough for the masses.What a brilliant idea.

愛迪生的想法非常偉大 他認(rèn)為我們可以建立巨大的配送中心 讓電的價格得以降低 并進入尋常百姓家 多么卓越的見解

J.P. Morgan and Thomas Edison stand to make a fortune.

J·P·摩根和托馬斯·愛迪生為創(chuàng)造財富做好了準(zhǔn)備

But their success is bad news for the most powerful man in the country.

但他們的成功對國內(nèi)最有權(quán)勢的人無疑是壞消息

Until now, John Rockefeller has been virtually unchallenged while providing light to homesfrom coast to coast.

直到當(dāng)時 約翰·洛克菲勒還在為全國的家庭提供燈光 他還未受到真正的挑戰(zhàn)