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Radio is one of the few things to bring comfort to those who stay.
收音機成為留下來的居民為數不多的慰藉之一
It connects them to the rest of the country.
使他們能獲得全國各地的消息
By 1935,a network of stations with 10,000-watt transmitters links the country together.
到1935年，擁有萬瓦發射器的發射站組成全國性網絡，把舉國上下連在了一起
The same voice can be heard from coast to coast.
全國各地可以收聽同樣的聲音
Radios become the country's most popular household item.
收音機成為最受歡迎的家庭用品
By 1934, there are over 18 million radio sets.
到1934年 美國共有1800多萬臺收音機
40% of America lives in isolated rural communities,
40%的美國人生活在與世隔絕的農村地區
but now they can get local news and weather,farm prices, and be part of national events.
但現在，他們能收聽到新聞和天氣預報，了解農產品價格并參與國家大事
America was built for the introduction of radio.
收音機的引入將全美各地聯系在了一起
This is a vast land.
這是一片廣闊的疆域
It has a lot of different layers to it as you go across the country.
如果你四處走走就會發現各地風土人情迥異
America was learning about itself through news from across the country and around the world.
通過來自全國乃至世界各地的消息美國漸漸形成了自我認知
Germany is rearming.
德意志正重整軍備
Regular news reports bring international events straight into American homes.
日常的新聞報道將國際要聞直接傳送給美國的千家萬戶
Little do Americans realize that news from so far away will change America forever.
美國人幾乎沒有意識到，如此遙遠地區的消息即將徹底改變美國
..will tie Hitler's ambitious.
將會限制希特勒雄心勃勃的
The struggle against the Great Depression continues.
人們仍在力抗大蕭條
The American people will not give up.
美國人民永不言棄
The French gave America the Statue of Liberty.
法國將自由女神像贈送給美國人民
Now America builds her own monument to its people's tenacity.
如今美國自己建造紀念像來紀念本國人民不屈不撓的精神
Blasted out of solid rock, Mount Rushmore is created.
以炸藥做斧鑿 建成了拉什莫爾山
The blasting of Washington's chin and the first step in the world's largest monument is finished.
炸藥雕鑿出了華盛頓的下巴，建造世上最大紀念像的第一步已經完成
