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Here just 20 years earlier, the Donner Party became trapped in the snow and ate each other.
就在僅僅20年前，唐納一行受困于暴風雪之中，最后只得食人
Now Judah's railroad cuts right through the mountain,1649 feet of rock must be excavated,the longest tunnel on the route.
由于猶大的鐵路直接貫穿山脈，需要挖掘1649英尺深的石頭才能成就這條線路上最長的隧道
Chinese laborers dig day and night.
中國工人夜以繼日地開鑿
It's easier to ship workers from China than to get Americans across the continent.
從中國運來勞工比在美國大陸招募工人容易得多
The railroad magnets said,"The Chinese built a g great wall, didn't they?
鐵路大王說，中國人建造了長城，不是嗎？
Let's bring the Chinese in to do this work."
那我們就招募中國人來施工
Over 10,000 Chinese laborers earn less and do the deadliest jobs.
超過10000名中國工人在最兇險的環境中工作，工資反而更少
The transcontinental railroad was built by Chinese workers brought over specifically to work on the railroad,
這條橫貫大陸的鐵路是中國工人修建的，他們被專門引進來建這條鐵路，
and they were considered somewhere in between human and animal.
他們的待遇，可以說是比牲口好不到哪去
They were not expected to survive.
沒人指望他們能夠生還
They were expected to come here and work and die.
他們的命運就是死在工地上
7,000 miles from home,17-year-old Hung Leiwo swaps a life in poverty in Canton for a back-breaking work on the railroad gang.
背井離鄉7000英里對于17歲的洪雷沃來說，他在廣東捉襟見肘的生活變成修建工地上每日筋疲力竭的工作
Hung Leiwo must cut through granite so tough,a rock the size of a big toe will support 50 tons of locomotive.
洪雷沃必須使出全力來開鑿巖石才能使大腳趾般大的石頭，足以承受重達50噸的火車頭
Progress slows to inches a day.
工程的進展變得異常緩慢
To breakthrough, they need nitroglycerin,but transporting it is banned when 15 men are blown to pieces.
想要有所突破就得用炸藥，但是運輸炸藥是違禁的 因為它的威力能把15個人炸得血肉橫飛
In a mobile lab,Scottish chemist James Houghton mixes it on the spot.
在一個移動實驗室中，蘇格蘭化學家詹姆斯·霍頓，現場配制炸藥
Nitroglycerin is 13 times more powerful than gun powder.
炸藥的威力是普通火藥的13倍多
So unstable. Any physical shock, and it will explode in his hand.
但它非常不穩定，任何震動，都可能導致它當場爆炸
Houghton gets hazard pay.
霍頓的工作高風險高回報
$4,000 a month in modern money.
每月收入相當于現在的4000美元
After three months in the mountains, he turns to drink,leaving the nitro to Chinese men like Hung Leiwo,
在山里面待了三個月后他開始酗酒，把配制炸藥的工作扔給洪雷沃這樣的中國人
Irish crews won't touch it.
愛爾蘭工人則避之不及
Detonation creates temperatures of 9,000 degrees.It's hot as the surface of the sun.
爆炸會使溫度飆升至9000華氏度和太陽表面溫度一樣高
