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Detroit, 1913.Henry Ford isn't just making a revolutionary car.
底特律，1913年，亨利·福特不仅制造出革命性的汽车
He's making it in a revolutionary way.
还创造了革命性的生产方式
The production line.High volume, low cost.Products identical.
生产线，高产量 ，低成本，产品规格统一
The man who places the part doesn't fasten it.
负责放置零件的人不用固定它
The man who puts in a bolt doesn't put on the nut,
负责上螺栓的人不用上螺母，
and the man who puts on the nut doesn't tighten it.
负责放螺母的人不用上紧它
Work is standardized.Simplified.
工作规范化，简单化
It's a more efficient way to make... Everything.
不管生产什么 生产效率都更高了
Mass production sweeps the nation.And it changes the world.
大规模生产横扫美国，也改变了世界
To be anassembly-line worker,you did not have to have a high degree of skill,
作为一名流水线工人，不需要高水平的技术
you didn't have to be a card-carrying machinist or whatever it might be.
不必成为职业机械师或别的什么
All you had to do was to learn how to turn the same wrench on the same nut 5,000 times a day and that was your job.
你所要做的就是拿着同一个扳手，在同样的螺母上每天拧5000下，那就是你的工作
Prices plummet.In 1913, a Model T cost two years' wages.
汽车价格急跌，1913年一辆T型车要花两年的收入
By 1924, it's just three months.
到1924年，只要三个月的收入
The Model T, without question,is one of the single objects in the history of America that changed America.
无可置疑T型车是美国历史上改变这个国家的事物之一
What Henry Ford developed was the car for the common man.
亨利·福特使普通人拥有汽车成为可能
The impact of this little car is massive.
车虽小影响却极大
300,000 sold in 1913.
1913年一年就卖出了30万辆
By 1924,there's a new Model T every 24 seconds.
到1924年，每24秒就有一辆新的T型车卖出
Suddenly, this form of transportation,which was entirely new,was something that people could actually engage in.
一时间，这种全新的交通工具，参与到人们的生活中
They could afford it.It wasn't like a spaceship,where there are only several of them,and they're millions and millions of dollars.
大众担负得起，不像太空飞船那样数量稀少，价格高昂
Washington State, 1915.
华盛顿州，1915年
The Model T's success is creating a nation of student drivers.\
型车的成功掀起了全国的学车热潮
Roscoe Sheller used to be a dairy farmer.
罗斯科·谢勒曾经是个奶农
He's about to start a new job...car salesman.
他将要从事一项新的工作，汽车销售员
The pay is fantastic.
报酬很吸引人
The only problem is... he can't drive.
唯一的问题是他不会开车
You're not riding a horse, just take it easy.
你不是在骑马，放轻松
His boss offers to teach him the morning of his first day at work.
他的老板，在他第一天上班的早上就教他开车
It's not long before Roscoe has his first customers.
不久之后罗斯科就有了第一位客户
Luckily, there's a manual called "How to Drive an Automobile.",
幸好有一本手册叫做《如何开车》
