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Segment 24a Introduction
24段第一部分，簡介
Welcome to the Cold War, the epic non-contest pitting the United States and its allies
讓我們來了解下冷戰(zhàn)的情況，這場史詩般的無硝煙的戰(zhàn)爭中，美國及其同盟
against the USSR and its allies for control of the whole world.
對抗蘇聯(lián)和其聯(lián)盟來爭奪控制世界的霸權
As opposed to previous world wars the principle competitors, the United States and the USSR, did not actually fight.
和之前的世界大戰(zhàn)不同，主要的競爭者美國和蘇聯(lián)并沒有真正發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭
They relied on propaganda, proxy wars, diplomatic tricks and an arms race which bankrupted one nation and nearly bankrupted the other.
他們借助的是宣傳，代理人戰(zhàn)爭，外交詭計和軍備競賽，這拖垮了整個國家，也差點拖垮了另一個國家
Because both sides possess nuclear arms and the ability to deliver them anywhere in the world
因為雙方都進行了核武器的開發(fā)，并開發(fā)將核武器發(fā)射到世界各處的能力
it was assumed that if one power nuked another, the other would retaliate.
假設一方對另一方使用核武器，另一方必會進行報復
This was called MAD or mad or Mutually Assured Destruction.
這簡稱為“MAD”，也確實很瘋狂意思是"相互保證毀滅"戰(zhàn)略
The whole world could literally go up in flames any time.
整個世界真的可以瞬間陷入一片火海之中
Each side of course, portrayed the other side as the evil empire,
當然，每一方都把對手描述成邪惡的帝國
for people of my generation it was generally assumed that this arrangement of east and west would go on forever.
對我們這一代人來說，基本上就假設這樣一種東西方的狀態(tài)一直會持續(xù)下去
Segment 24b, the iron curtain descends, covers what Russians still call the great patriotic war
24段第四部分，鐵幕落下，籠罩了偉大的衛(wèi)國戰(zhàn)爭，俄國人至今還如此稱呼這場戰(zhàn)爭
