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Over the next two decades, more than 12 million immigrants pass the Statue of Liberty
此后的20年間，超過1200萬移民經過自由女神像
on their way to Ellis Island,the first stop for most new Americans.
前往埃利斯島那里是大多數新美國人的第一站
Imagine what it took for someone to leave Eastern Poland or Lithuania or some village in the mountains of Northern Italy and come all the way to this strange place with nothing.
想象一下這需要多大的勇氣離開波蘭東部或者立陶宛或是意大利北部的小村莊，背井離鄉 身無一物來到這片陌生的土地
Today, more than 100 million Americans can trace their roots back to ancestors who came through Ellis Island.
今天，超過1億的美國人他們的祖先都是從埃利斯島來到美國的
If you go back only 150 years in our 200-and-almost-50-year history,95% of the people... were not here.
回顧一下，在我們將近250年的歷史中有150年95%的人還沒來到這里
There are no roots.They all came from someplace else.
沒有祖籍可循，他們都來自異國他鄉
So, to me, America represents...the best of the human spirit.
所以對我來說美國代表了人類精神的最高體現
A guidebook prepares arrivals for a new life in a new world.
一本指南書這樣教初來者迎接新世界的新生活
Forget your customs and ideals.Select a goal and pursue it with all your might.
忘掉成規、拋棄幻想、選定目標、全力以赴
You will experience a bad time,but sooner or later, you will achieve your goal.
也許過程曲折，但你終有一日能如愿以償
Don't take a moment's rest.Run.
堅持不懈 勇往直前
And from Ellis Island, they spread out across the continent.
從埃利斯島開始，他們向整個大陸擴散
For the most part, Irish, Russians and Italians to big cities,Germans to the Midwest, Scandinavians to farmland.
就絕大部分而言，愛爾蘭人、俄國人、意大利人去往大城市，德國人奔向中西部，斯堪的納維亞人則來到農場
At the dawn of the 20th century, eventually,there will be more Italians in New York than in Rome.
最后，到了20世紀初紐約的意大利人比羅馬還多
From 1880 to 1930,nearly 24 million new immigrants arrive in the US.
從1880到1930年，共有約2400萬新移民來到美國
A new era in US history is about to begin.
美國歷史的新紀元即將展開
By the early 20th century, new urban megacities around America are bursting to the seams and look to expand in a new direction... up.
20世紀初，美國的各大新城市已經擁擠不堪，城市寄望于向新的方向發展，向上
But building these great towers demands a critical ingredient that's much too expensive.Steel.
但修建這些巨大的高樓離不開一種非常昂貴的關鍵原料，鋼
One man will change all that, and with it, the face of America.
有個人將改變這一切，從而改變美國的面貌
He'll risk everything, and almost lose it all.
他孤注一擲，差點全盤皆輸
