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Aztec emperor Montezuma.
阿茲特克皇帝蒙提祖馬
The richest, most powerful man in the Americas,
他是美洲最有錢也最具權勢之人
Ruler of 25 million people.
是兩千五百萬人民的統治者
He's welcomed Cortes and his men into his palace.
他歡迎科爾特斯和他的部下來到他的宮殿
A mistake that will change the fate of a continent.
一個錯誤的決定即將改變美洲大陸的命運
Their numbers were small,how could they constitute a threat,
他們人數很少 只有區區幾百人
when you have an army that's a thousand times,
而你有支大軍 人數是他們的千倍
ten thousand times larger,
甚至上萬倍
than the few hundred souls that they brought, right?
他們怎么可能對你構成威脅呢?
Cortes' plan:kidnap the emperor.
科爾特斯的計劃是 綁架皇帝
Part of his calculation was,
他的想法是
if we can show that we can take over at this level,
如果可以證明我們可以接任皇帝的位置
incarcerate the head of the empire,
監禁帝國的首領
maybe the rest of the dominoes will fall.
或許別的問題就都會迎刃而解了
Montezuma's treasuries are filled with gold.
蒙提祖馬的金庫中藏滿了黃金
The Spanish lust for plunder astonishes the Aztecs.
西班牙人掠奪黃金的欲望讓阿茲特克人震驚
An eyewitness reports:"They snatched up the gold like monkeys."
一位目擊者寫道 他們像猴子一樣爭搶黃金
"They were swollen with greed.
他們欲壑難填
"They hungered for that gold like wild pigs."
他們像野豬覓食般搶奪黃金"
The people dub their captive emperor "Cortes' whore",And revolt.
人們把被俘的皇帝稱為"科爾特斯的娼妓" 并開始造反
