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At the turn of the century, Coney was the largest amusement park in the world.
在世紀之交時，康尼是世界上最大的游樂園。
Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman were among the thousands who flocked to see the magical electric light at work.
查爾斯·狄更斯、馬克·吐溫、西格蒙德·弗洛伊德、赫爾曼·梅爾維爾和沃爾特·惠特曼等數千人蜂擁前來觀看神奇的電。
Coney Island wouldn't be Coney Island without electricity.
如果沒有電的話，康尼島就不會是康尼島了。
If you remember correctly, electricity made its debut in Coney Island.
如果沒記錯的話，電力是在康尼島首次亮相的。
Coney is lights. Coney is movement. Coney is electric.
康尼就是燈光。康尼就是運動。康尼就是電的。
The electric Astroland Cyclone is ranked one of the top five roller coasters in our country and it is one of the oldest.
電動的星地氣旋是我國五大過山車之一，也是最古老的過山車之一。
By the time it reaches the bottom, it's traveling fifty-five miles an hour.
當它到達底部時，速度可達每小時55英里。
And, the passengers feel the force of 4Gs.
乘客們感受到了4g的力量。
For the last seventy years this electric motor has made it all possible, pulling the seven ton car to the top of the hill.
在過去的70年里，這臺電動機使這一切成為可能，把這輛7噸重的車拉到了山頂。
An electric motor is a generator in reverse turning electricity into motion instead of the other way around.
電動機是一種發電機，它把電反向轉化為運動，并非反之。
The motor is connected to a belt that turns a fifteen foot wheel that pulls the chain.
馬達與一條皮帶相連，皮帶轉動一個15英尺長的輪子來拉動鏈條。
It's a powerful system.
這是一個強大的系統。
When the roller coaster clanks up the hill the motor is drawing six hundred amps, enough electricity to power three modern homes.
當過山車叮當當當地爬上山時，馬達的電流達到了600安培，足以為三個現代的家庭供電。
Coney Island was one of the first places that exploited electricity for profit and pleasure.
康尼島是最早利用電力獲利和娛樂的地方之一。
Good use. It's the only use. I mean, listen, electricity it attracts us all.
好用，這是唯一的用途。我是說，電能吸引我們所有人。
If we didn't have electricity where would we be today?
如果我們沒有電的話，今天的我們會在哪里？
Along with the rest of New York City, Coney Island found out what it was like to be without electricity in the blackout of 1977.
在1977年的大停電中，康尼島和紐約市的其他地方一起嘗到了停電的滋味。
All of a sudden lights went out, and I looked up, I looked out at the, at the park and at, up at the Wonderwheel, nothing was moving.
燈突然滅了，我抬頭看了看，然后看了看外面的游樂園，又看了看仙境輪，所有東西都不動了。
