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The first half of the 20th century was an absolute disaster in human affairs, a cataclysm.
20世紀的上半葉是人類歷史上一個徹底失敗的階段，那是一場浩劫。
We had the First World War, the Great Depression, the Second World War and the rise of the communist nations.
我們經歷了第一次世界大戰，大蕭條，第二次世界大戰，以及共產主義國家的興起。
And each one of these forces split the world, tore the world apart, divided the world.
這其中的每一個勢力都將世界隔離開來，分化世界，分裂世界。
And they threw up walls, political walls, trade walls, transportation walls, communication walls, iron curtains which divided peoples and nations.
這些勢力制造了很多壁壘，政治壁壘，貿易壁壘，運輸壁壘，通信壁壘，以及種種阻礙交流的無形屏障，它們分裂了人民，也分裂了國家。
It was only in the second half of the 20th century that we slowly began to pull ourselves out of this abyss.
直到二十世紀下半葉，我們才慢慢開始從這個深淵里爬出來。
Trade walls began to come tumbling down. Here are some data on tariffs: starting at 40 percent, coming down to less than 5 percent.
貿易壁壘開始轟然倒塌。這里是一些關稅數據：從開始的百分之四十，一直降到百分之五以下。
We globalized the world. And what does that mean? It means that we extended cooperation across national boundaries; we made the world more cooperative.
我們實現了全球化。這意味著什么呢？這意味著人類的合作已經跨越國界。我們使世界變得更合作。
Transportation walls came tumbling down. You know in 1950 the typical ship carried 5,000 to 10,000 tons worth of goods.
運輸壁壘也倒塌了。1950年，一艘典型的貨船可裝載五千至一萬噸貨物。
Today a container ship can carry 150,000 tons; it can be manned with a smaller crew; and unloaded faster than ever before.
今天，一艘集裝箱船的載重量達到十五萬噸。運作它需要的船員隊伍比之前還小，而且卸載也比以往更快。
