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Faster and faster.
越來越快。
In the last 60 years, the Earth's population has almost tripled,and over two billion people have moved to the cities.
過去六十年 人類人口倍增,超過二十億人移居城市。
Faster and faster.
越來越快。
Shenzhen, in China, with its hundreds of skyscrapers and millions of inhabitants.
深圳四十年前只是偏僻漁村。
was just a small fishing village barely 40 years ago.
現(xiàn)在擁有數(shù)以百計的摩天大樓和數(shù)百萬人口。
Faster and faster.
越來越快。
In Shanghai, 3,000 towers and skyscrapers...have been built in 20 years.
二十年來上海建了三千座高樓大廈。
Hundreds more are under construction.
另有數(shù)百座正在建設(shè)中。
Today, over half of the world's seven billion inhabitants live in cities.
今天地球上七十億人口有一半住在城市。
New York. The world's first megalopolis is the symbol of the exploitation of the energy...
是人類無止境地,紐約世界上第一個超級城市。
The Earth supplies to human genius.
剝削地球資源的像征。
The manpower of millions of immigrants,the energy of coal,the unbridled power of oil.
數(shù)百萬移民的人力資源。煤的能量及無約束的石油力量。
Electricity resulted in the invention of elevators,which in turn permitted the invention of skyscrapers.
電的出現(xiàn)發(fā)明了電梯,而電梯使得摩天大廈成為可能。
New York ranks as the 16th-largest economy in the world.
紐約在全球經(jīng)濟(jì)排名中位列16。
America was the first to discover, exploit and harness...
美國最先發(fā)現(xiàn)和開發(fā)利用。
the phenomenal revolutionary power of black gold.
珍貴而具革命性的能量黑金。
With its help,a country of farmers became a country of agricultural industrialists.
借助它農(nóng)夫變成了農(nóng)業(yè)企業(yè)家。
Machines replaced men.
機(jī)器取代人力。
A liter of oil generates as much energy...
一升石油等于。
As 100 pairs of hands in 24 hours,but worldwide only three percent of farmers have use of a tractor.
一百雙手在24小時產(chǎn)生的能量但在全球只有3%的農(nóng)民使用拖拉機(jī)。
