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For those workers to have built something as monumental and as challenging as Hoover Dam was,
對于那些工人來說建造了胡佛水壩如此富有挑戰又意義深遠的建筑物
it was an astonishing feat of construction and I think it gave us all a sense of the possible.
實在是建筑史上一次驚人的壯舉，讓我們相信一切皆有可能
1936,,The Hoover Dam is the largest hydroelectric power-producing facility in the world.
1936年，胡佛大壩成為世界上最大的水力發電設施
Each of the 17 generators weighs more than four jumbo jets.
這里共17座發電機，每座的重量都超過4架巨型飛機
Together, they can supply power to 750,000 people in booming cities like Los Angeles.
這些發電機可以給像洛杉磯這樣迅速發展的城市里75萬人口提供電力
The dam creates Lake Mead,
這座大壩造就了密德湖
the biggest reservoir in America,
美國最大的水庫
big enough to flood the entire state of New York under a foot of water.
蓄水量足以將整個紐約州覆蓋在一英尺深的水下
It helps California produce more food,for the United States than any other state.
讓加利福尼亞成為美國糧食產量最大的州
The Hoover Dam workers make something else boom as well.
胡佛大壩建筑工人還帶動了周圍地區的發展
A little town 30 miles away where they go to drink and gamble.
他們常去30英里外的一座小鎮喝酒賭博
Its name:Las Vegas.
小鎮的名字叫做 拉斯維加斯
As the wife of one Hoover Dam worker puts it:
胡佛大壩一名建筑工人的妻子如是說
When men worked in such dangerous surroundings,
他們的工作如此危險
you couldn't blame a lot of fellas for sort of letting their hair down.
所以偶爾放縱一下也是無可厚非
They were having fun.
他們開心就好
1930. 5,000 people live in Las Vegas.
1930年 拉斯維加斯城居民共5000人
Then the dam workers arrive.
然后來了建筑大壩的工人
Then the tourists. Then the gambling.
然后是游客 然后是賭博業的興起
Now, over 37 million people come every year to party in Las Vegas.
現如今 每年有3700多萬人來到拉斯維加斯吃喝玩樂
After 70 years, the Hoover Dam still supplies power to the people of Nevada, Arizona,and California.
建成七十余年，胡佛大壩依然為內華達州、亞利桑那州以及加州居民供電
One Las Vegas hotel has the biggest flashlight on earth,40 billion candle power.
拉斯維加斯一家酒店有著全世界最大的探照燈，這盞燈擁有400億燭光功率
You can read a newspaper 10 miles out in space by its light.
借助其燈光，人們可在10英里外的地方看報
