视频 | 坐在空中吃饭的人,有怎样的故事?
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双语字幕(AK老师翻译)
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They"re the unknown workers. They"re the
他们是被人遗忘的工人。他们是
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unsung heroes of construction. Their
无人歌颂的建筑英雄。说起他们的
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attitude ... I think they"re casualness, the
态度,我觉得他们很闲适,
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indifference to the risk of they"re
他们对身处危险的漠视,
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taking is what separates the photograph.
正是这幅照片脱颖而出的地方。
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If you see the picture once, you never
你只要看一次这张照片,就永远也
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forget it
也不会忘记
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This photograph which is known around
这张照片举世闻名,
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the world shows eleven men sitting on a
是一个男工人坐在一根
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beam about 800 feet above the city of
800英尺高的建筑横梁上
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New York. You can see Central Park in the
俯瞰纽约城市。你可以看到背后的中央公园
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background, see buildings below and
以及周围的建筑
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they"re casually sitting there one right
他们就这么随意地坐在那里,相邻而坐
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next to the other eating their lunch. And
吃着自己的午餐
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they"re all construction workers and
他们都是建筑工人
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they came from all over the world. They
来自世界各地
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are Irishmen
有爱尔兰人
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there are Mohawk Indians it"s a mixed
有莫霍克印第安人。各色人种,
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bag of people and they"re all working in
他们都在图中的这个建筑上工作
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1931-32
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The image first appeared in the New York
这张图片首次在1932年10月2日
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Herald Tribune on October 2nd 1932. The
出现于《纽约国际先驱报》
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Herald Tribune was a major New York
《国际先驱报》是一家知名的纽约
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publication and it I think that
出版物。我觉得这幅图
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generated an enormous amount of
对当时发生的事情,
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excitement about what was going on. They
激起了波澜。他们获得的
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were getting as much publicity as they
关注度,已经遍布
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possibly could in any office that was
各个职场领域,
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rented whether you were a dentist or a
不管你是一名牙医,还是
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hairdresser or a major corporation. They
一名理发师,亦或是一家大型企业。他们都会
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would get you into the news.
出现在你的新闻里。
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Rockefeller put a quarter of a million
洛克菲勒雇佣了25万人
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people"s work in the middle of the
在大萧条期间
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Depression. There were truckers are
工作。有卡车司机,
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people in quarries people making windows
采石工人,窗户工人,
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different kinds of people but it really
以及各种各样的工人,但是它对
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had a serious effect on the economy, and
当时的经济产生了重大的影响
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that was the attitude very very positive
那就是当时对未来非常非常乐观的态度
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towards the future very positive towards
对美国乐观的态度
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America very positive towards business.
对商业乐观的态度
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The funniest part about the photographs
这些图片最有趣的部分
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were they were done for publicity, so
就是这些照片的拍摄就是用于宣传
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you"ll have stunts, like this fellow
所以你会看到一些创意的拍摄,比如这位家伙
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Joseph McCluskey holding a flag up that
约瑟夫麦克拉斯基拿着一面美国国旗
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seems to be attached to the top of the
看起来好像是插在了帝国大厦
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Empire State Building.
的顶部
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The other pictures also show men riding
其他图片也显示了工人们,坐在
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the final block of stone up going to
最后一块巨石上,升上顶部
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celebrate putting the last stone in
纪念他们放置最后一块石头
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place. We do have a photograph taken the
我们的确还有一张同一天拍摄的照片
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same day and what I call the hats off
我把它叫做脱帽的照片
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picture shows them looking at the camera
这张照片显示出了他们正朝着摄像头看
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and saying look at us they"re so proud
好像在说:看我们多牛。他们多自豪。
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of themselves you know there"s a real
你知道,在他们心里有一种真正的
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sense of pride and accomplishment and I
自豪感和成就感。我觉得
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think that"s also what all the pictures
那也是这些照片
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show the pride the guys had in their
所彰显出来的这些建筑工人对他们
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work.
工作的自豪感。
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There are a couple of photographers who
那天在场的摄影师有好几个。
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were present that day, William Leftwitch
威廉乐福特维奇
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Charles Ebbets and Thomas Kelly who had
查尔斯艾伯特以及汤玛斯凯里
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to have a death wish, and they would have
他们都曾有求死的愿望,他们
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on their back
在自己的背上
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a leather container that contained the
背着一个皮革袋,里面装着摄影用的
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glass plates and they would actually
玻璃板,他们实际还会把这些玻璃板
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switch them out. I think that they liked
打开。我想,他们是想给这些
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to show off next to the construction
建筑工人显示:
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workers well you guys walk these beams
你看,你们能够在这么高的横梁上工作,
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but so can we. We take risks too.
我们也能啊。我们也愿意冒险。
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The question of the names of all these
有关这些人的名字是什么的问题
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men comes up frequently. Who are these
已经出现很多次了。这些人是谁?
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men? Because on the back of the
因为从照片上来看
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photograph they"re not identified. We
他们并没有被辨识出来身份。
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have people who have claimed that
我们有受到一些人反馈说
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they"re their uncle or their relative
有些人是他们的叔叔或亲戚
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but most of them are either good guesses
但是大部分人还是很不容易猜准
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or plain guesses I think it"s kind of
甚至也无法盲猜。我觉得这有点
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sad that they"re not recognized because
悲伤。没有人认识他们,因为
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everybody else gets a credit and yet the
每个人都因为自己的功劳而被铭记,但是
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people who actually have built the
这些真正建立了
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building are forgotten.
这栋大楼的人却被遗忘了。
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The fact that they are immortalized in
他们只能在这张照片中被铭记
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this picture and they are the guys who
他们是敢冒着生命危险
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risked their lives building this
建造这栋大楼
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building.
的人
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And I think that what"s important
我觉得这张照片的重要意义所在,
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about the picture is that it places them
即是它把这些人放到了
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in history as being important in the
历史当中,他们在纽约城市的发展历程中
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development of New York City and
发挥了重要作用。
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Rockefeller Center, and gives a great
对洛克菲勒中心做出了巨大贡献,同时
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deal of credit to a group that basically
也把大量的功劳给了一群基本上没有得到铭记
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goes uncredited.
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