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Clear the rig, clear the rig!
離開鉆井臺 離開鉆井臺
Finally, it came up with such momentum that it just shot up clear through the top of the derrick.
最終石油勢頭強勁地涌出來，以至于高度都超過了油井架頂
The guides of crude oil shoot almost 200 feet into the air.
原油沖破天際幾乎200英尺
The Hamills were hoping for 50 barrels a day.
哈米爾兄弟原希望一天產油50桶
The well would soon be pumping out over 80,000,making the US the largest oil producer in the world.
油井產量很快就突破了8萬桶，使得美國成為世界上最大的產油國
Overnight, the backers funding the rig are nearly $40 million richer.
鉆井臺的投資者一夜之間，狂賺近4000萬美元
The Hamill brothers become legends.
哈米爾兄弟締造了神話
The oil just burst out of the ground,and it spewed for days and days before they could bring it under control.
石油就這樣噴薄而出，在人們控制住它之前源源不斷噴出
It really marked the beginning of the petroleum age in the United States,and one could argue, in the world as well.
這真的標志了美國石油時代的開端，也可以說是世界石油時代的開端
Spindletop changes everything.
紡錘頂改變了一切
Oil production in the US instantly increases 50%
美國的石油產量激增了50%
Within a year, 500 oil companies are born,including Texaco and Gulf.
僅僅一年內就誕生了500家石油公司，包括德士古和海灣石油公司
The price of oil plummets from $2 a barrel to 3￠.
石油的價格從每桶2美元急跌至3美分
It's cheaper than water.
比水還廉價
Cheap enough to turn into gasoline.
廉價到足以用來生產汽油
Around the turn of the century,millions of Americans live their entire lives within 50 miles of their home.
在世紀之交，數百萬美國人一輩子都生活在自己家方圓50英里內
Gasoline makes the US mobile in ways never thought possible.
汽油使美國以一種前所未有的方式移動起來
Today the average American drives the equivalent of 2 and a half round-trips to the moon.
今天,平均每個美國人的開車路程相當于往返月球兩次半
One man will seize the opportunity in cheap oil and change the face of the nation.
有一個人抓住了廉價石油潛在的機遇,并且改變了整個國家的面貌
Detroit, 1908.Henry Ford:maverick, visionary, obsessive..a man with a bad reputation.
底特律,1908年,亨利·福特。他標新立異，深有遠見，執著堅持，名聲并不好
Recently let go by the company that will soon become Cadillac,he launches his third attempt to build cars.
剛剛遭公司解雇，該公司是凱迪拉克的前身，這是他第三次嘗試制造汽車
But these will be different.
不過制造方式截然不同
There are only 8,000 cars in the US.
當時美國只有8000輛汽車
Expensive toys for the wealthy,like owning a private jet today.
汽車是有錢人的高價玩具，類似于今天的私人飛機
There were dozens and dozens of small companies building cars that were essentially play things for the rich.
有許多小規模的汽車公司，造的車基本上是富人的玩具
They were notoriously unreliable,they were not standardized,they were hand-built, essentially.
眾所周知它們很不可靠，沒有統一的規格，基本上都是手工制造
And if you were to own a car,you practically had to have your own mechanic on staff as well to keep the thing running.
如果想要擁有一輛車，你幾乎不得不配備私人機械師來維持正常運作
Nobody's figured out how to make a car that's affordable and low-cost.
沒人知道如何可以造出令大眾接受且造價低廉的汽車
Henry Ford is about to change that.
亨利·福特將改寫歷史
It won't just change how cars are made.
不僅改變了汽車的生產方式
It will change how everything is made.
還改變了所有東西的生產方式
