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Owens Valley farmland remains barren for decades.
歐文斯谷的農(nóng)場因此荒廢了幾十年
But in the 1990s, LA authorities begin the long process of restoring it.
但上世紀(jì)90年代，洛城當(dāng)局啟動了長期的重建計劃
It's always been true that if you want something great,
不入虎穴焉得虎子
you may have to give up something great to get there.
這是亙古不變的真理
We've sacrificed our blood and treasure for just about every great thing in America.
我們揮灑著自己的鮮血與財富成就著美國一個又一個的奇跡
The Los Angeles Aqueduct remains one of America's most ambitious engineering efforts.
洛杉磯引水渠是美國歷史上最具野心的工程之一
When they built the aqueduct to bring water down across an entire state,
他們建成了水渠，將水引向整個加州
what a feat that was and how it so fundamentally changed a whole part of the state of California.
這是多么偉大的功績啊，它又是如此徹底地改變了整個加州的面貌
And when you fly over California now,
每當(dāng)乘飛機(jī)掠過加州上空
I always look out the window and I look down,
我總會透過窗子，俯瞰外面的景色
you can see that glittering silver ribbon that runs the entire length of the state.
將會看到它有如一條閃閃發(fā)光的銀絲帶，跨越整個加州徐徐飄揚
It was always just magical to me.
在我眼里它總是那么夢幻
1914.The aqueduct is a year old.
1914年，引水渠建成一周年
America is booming.
美國的繁榮仍在繼續(xù)
World War I creates massive demand for weapons, cars and oil.
一戰(zhàn)的打響，極大地刺激了對武器、汽車和原油的需求
In just four years, the economy doubles.
僅僅四年間，美國經(jīng)濟(jì)翻了一番
America is poised to become the richest nation on earth.
美國眼看就要成為世界上最富有的國家
Three generations from the end of slavery,
奴隸制瓦解后的三代南方黑人
black Southerners are on the move in search of a better life.
開始向北遷移以謀求更好的生活
Between 1915 and 1930,one and half Million head north--
在1915到1930年之間，150萬南方黑人向北進(jìn)發(fā)
one in seven of the entire African-American population of the US.
這個數(shù)目占到了全體非裔美國人口的七分之一
It's called the Great Migration.
這場運動被稱為大遷移
The North represented the promised land, to blacks in the South.
北方在南方黑人的眼中象征著"應(yīng)許之地"
If you can go North, you can work.
只要你到北方去就會有工作
If you can go North,you're not going to have to step off the curb when whites walk down the block.
只要你到北方去，當(dāng)你在路上碰到白人時，你不必再卑微地閃到一邊
If you can go North,you can live in better neighborhoods and your children get a better education.
只要你到北方去，你就能住上好一點的街區(qū)，你的孩子就能受到更好的教育
Many head for the Ford plant in Detroit.
很多人都進(jìn)了底特律的福特汽車廠
Ford is unique in paying black and white workers the same,a staggering $5 a day,
只有福特給他們的薪水與白人同等，日薪驚人地高達(dá)5美元
five times more than a sharecropper's wage in Georgia.
比佐治亞州的一個佃農(nóng)多出五倍
But equal pay doesn't mean equal treatment.
但同等薪酬并不意味著同等待遇
