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It's the Cold War and Americans are on red alert.
冷戰(zhàn)時期 所有美國人都保持高度戒備
We did these duck-and-cover drills routinely at school.
我們當時在學(xué)校經(jīng)常進行這種躲護演習(xí)
First you duck, then you cover.
首先躲到安全地點 然后尋求身體掩護
The siren would be tested and we were instructed how to get under the desk and cover your head and face
演習(xí)警笛拉響 我們在大人指導(dǎo)下學(xué)習(xí)如何藏到桌底 并保護好頭和臉
so that the debris from glass blowing in from the windows when the atomic bomb went off downtown wouldn't hurt us.
當原子彈在城區(qū)爆炸時能避免向內(nèi)飛濺的玻璃碎片傷及要害
Both sides stockpile weapons to defend themselves against possible attack.
美蘇雙方均大量囤積武器以防對方可能實施的攻擊
From 1940 to 1996.
從1940年到1996年
The USA will spend $5.5 trillion on nuclear weapons.
美國在核武器上耗費了五萬五千億美元
That's nearly $20,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.
平攤下來 美國人均支出幾乎2萬美元
It was the arrival really of the specter of real nuclear war.
每個人都能感覺到核戰(zhàn)幽靈在真實地迫近
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were no longer seen as isolated one time incidents.
廣島和長崎之于人們的意義不再是孤立的戰(zhàn)爭事件
By the mid-1950s,
截至50年代中期
there were over 40,000 defense contractors working for the federal government.
有超過四萬個國防項目承包商為聯(lián)邦政府效力
America has always won wars using technology.
美國一向靠科技贏得戰(zhàn)爭
In the revolutionary war,
獨立戰(zhàn)爭時期
the accuracy of the Kentucky Rifle was a key factor in defeating the British.
肯塔基來福槍的精準是擊敗英軍的關(guān)鍵因素
In the Civil War, the minie ball could travel 600 yards and shatter bones on impact.
南北戰(zhàn)爭時期的迷你彈可令600碼之外的敵人粉身碎骨
1959, America's first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1959年 美國研制出首枚洲際彈道導(dǎo)彈
It can travel 3,500 miles and destroy cities.
能摧毀3500英里開外的城市
200 years of American weapons finding their target and defeating the enemy.
兩百年來美國人制造的武器瞄準了一個又一個目標，擊垮了一個又一個敵人
But this time it's different.
但這一次 情況不同
This is a war that no one can win.
這是一場沒有贏家的戰(zhàn)爭
If an atomic bomb is used, there's no going back.
原子彈一旦使用 便沒有回頭路可走
Every time the Soviets make a move
蘇聯(lián)一有動作
American fear the worst.
美國人的心就提到了嗓子眼
1960, the U2 incident
1960年 U2事件
when a US spy plane is shot down over the Soviet Union.
一架美軍偵察機在蘇聯(lián)領(lǐng)空被擊落
