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I think that we're a nation of people descended from tough old coots and tough old broads.
我認(rèn)為我們的民族是堅強(qiáng)的老傻瓜和老女人的后代
And I say that with great admiration.
我說這話時心懷無限敬意
They just wanted to control their own future,and to have children who could control their own destiny,
他們只是想要主導(dǎo)自己的未來，想讓下一代能夠掌握自己的命運(yùn)
Tornadoes aren't the only biblical challenge the Oblingers face.
奧布林格一家遭遇的圣經(jīng)所說的考驗，還不止龍卷風(fēng)
By the river of Rockies,the end of the world, it's brewing.
在落基山下的河畔，世界末日正悄然逼近
A prehistoric species emerges to battle for the Great Plains.Locusts.
一個古老物種的出現(xiàn)將大平原的人們逼向絕境，蝗蟲
After devouring the local vegetation, they released pheromones that signal it's time to move on.
將當(dāng)?shù)刂参锏満σ豢蘸笥轴尫懦鲂畔⑺刈鳛槔^續(xù)前進(jìn)的信號
They grow long wings.These worms head east on the wind.
它們翅膀很長，這些害蟲們頂風(fēng)向東
They join up over the Great Plains and become a plague.
聚集在大平原上形成了大規(guī)模蝗災(zāi)
In 1874, they devour half of the crops in the West.
僅1874一年，就毀掉了西部一半的收成
Three trillion locusts.Half a mile high, 100 miles wide.1,000 miles long, as big as Colorado.
三萬億蝗蟲聚集成半英里高，100英里寬，長達(dá)1000英里，相當(dāng)于科羅拉多州的面積
They block out the sun.Agricultural Armageddon.
遮天蔽日，這是農(nóng)業(yè)的末日浩劫
To men like Uriah, the locust are the wrath of God.
在烏利亞等人看來蝗災(zāi)是上帝的懲罰
By 1892,half the population of western Nebraska goes east.
1892年 內(nèi)布拉斯加州西部有一半人口向東回遷
Uriah stays.You have to be brave in order to achieve in this country.
而烏利亞堅守了下來，想在這個國家有所成就，就得勇敢過人
because nothing is set right there for you.
因為在這里一切都得靠自己
You have to take chances.And I think bravery and fear are the same things.
生存就是一場冒險，我認(rèn)為勇敢也好畏懼也罷
It's just a matter of how you react to that same feeling.
只是面對相同感受的不同反應(yīng)而已
Those who stick it out get lucky.Within 30 years, the locust is extinct.
堅持下來的人是幸運(yùn)的，此后不到30年這里的蝗蟲絕跡了
It's breeding grounds in the Rockies plowed over by settlers like Uriah.
落基山腳下肥沃的土地任由像烏利亞一樣的移民們開墾
In 10 years,the Great Plains become the bread basket of the country.
此后的10年間，大平原成了整個國家的糧倉
For the first time, America can feed itself.
美國第一次實(shí)現(xiàn)了糧食自給
Today 50 million tons of wheat is farmed each year,but trees are still scarce,and to build towns settlers need wood.
如今，這里的小麥年產(chǎn)量已達(dá)5000萬噸，但樹木依然稀少。為建造城鎮(zhèn) 移民們急需木材
