纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 喋血工厂（4）

A bridge spanning the Mississippi River would connect east to west like never before.

跨越密西西比河的桥梁将会以前所未有的方式连接东部和西部

The key to success for any railroad is getting across the Mississippi River.

任何铁路公司成功的关键都是建立跨越密西西比河的桥梁

Once you get across the Mississippi river you can move west.

跨越了密西西比河你就能够进入西部

Question is: How do you get across the Mississippi river?

问题在于：如何跨越密西西比河

The bridge will have to be over a mile long.

这座桥的长度将超过一英里

One in four bridges built at the time fail.

当时每四座桥的建造中就有一座会失败

And nobody has built a rail bridge this big.

而且没人建过一座这么大的桥

But Carnegie knows there's no reward without risk.

但是卡内基懂得 没有风险就不会有回报

He invests everything he has into the bridge.

他将自己的一切都投入到了这座桥上

Andy Carnegie stepped up.

安迪·卡内基加快了步伐

He decided¹ he could do it.

他认为他能做到

One striking thing about Carnegie—and this is true of the great entrepreneurs

卡内基有一个很重要的品质，这也是很多伟大企业家都具备的

they're willing to take risks.

也就是愿意冒险

They're willing to roll the dice² and bet, in later days, the whole corporation, or in this case, bet his career.

他们愿意下赌注 掷骰子去建立整个公司或是像这里这样 赌上自己的职业生涯

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。