It was a very clear, scientific approach to taking information, connecting the dots,
這是一種清晰且科學的方法 以獲得信息 連線畫圖
and making sense of what was happening.
弄清所發生的事情
All the information was out there,but until John Snow,
信息早已齊全 但在約翰·斯諾之前
we hadn't put the pieces together yet.
我們并沒有將這些碎片整合到一起
But the stench of open sewers makes life in London unbearable.
倫敦開放式下水道的惡臭讓人們無法忍受
They call it "The great stink".
他們稱它為"惡臭熏天"
The British Parliament takes action.
英國議會采取了行動
In the Age of Industry,Engineering is the key to cities of the future.
在工業時代工程是城市未來的關鍵
The London sewer system.
倫敦的排污系統建成
1,300 miles of tunnels beneath the city.
這是一條長達一千三百英里的城市地下隧道
260 million specially fired bricks.
共用兩億六千萬塊特制燒結磚
In the next forty years,New sewer systems in Europe's cities will help reduce death
在之后的四十年里歐洲城市新的排污系統會讓
From waterborne diseases by a quarter.
因水傳播疾病而致死的人數減少四分之一
Sewage systems really are the foundation of any major city today.
現今 下水道排污系統的確是 任何大城市的基礎設施
And without them, we wouldn't be able to exist.
沒有它們 我們無法生存
There would be disease, there would be death.
世界會被疾病與死亡籠罩
Sewage systems allowed us to develop into multi-million person cities.
下水道排污系統使得 數百萬人口的城市得以出現
Engineering, innovation and new resources.
工程 改革和新的資源
The industrial age makes Britain the richest nation on earth.
工業時代讓英國成為世界上最富有的國家
A small island nation of 17 million people Projects its power across the planet,
一個一千七百萬人的小島國 將他的勢力散射到整個星球
Triggering a global struggle Between the old order and the new.
觸發了新舊秩序之間的 世界性的斗爭