To defend his new empire, the first emperor begins
為了保衛新生的國家 這位君王
Perhaps the most ambitious engineering project
開始了人類歷史上最大規模的
In the story of mankind:
工程建設:
The great wall of China.
修筑長城
Designed to hold back the nomadic hordes of central Asia,
長城是為抵御亞洲其他游牧民族的入侵而建
And extended over the next 1800 years.
修建工程持續到之后的一千八百年
Construction claims a million lives.
共動用了一百萬人力
But after 11 years of rule,
但在十一年的統治后
On a journey to find a legendary magical spring
在前往尋找傳說中
Said to hold the secret of eternal life,
喝后能永生的泉水的路途上
Shi huang di, the most powerful man in the world,Falls ill.
秦始皇 這個人類歷史上最強大的君王 病了
Mercury tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him immortal
御醫為他開了含水銀的所謂的長生不老藥
Are destroying his brain and body.
徹底地摧毀了他的身體和大腦