That was close to one-fourth of the entire U.S. population.

接近全美人口的四分之一
Imagine today an exposition, an event,

想象一下现在一个博览会
attended-- physically now,

或者一个运动项目
not on the Internet and television--

在没有网络和电视宣传的情况下
attended by one-quarter of us.

吸引到美国四分之一的民众参展的场景
They had a wax replica of Cleopatra there, a huge thing.

其中展出了一个埃及艳后的巨大蜡像
What the hell that had to do

美国百年博览会到底要
with the U.S. Centennial, God only knows.

准备些什么只有上帝才知道
But you know,

但是你们要知道
when you want to be a great country you got to reach over history

一个国家要想变得伟大就得纵观历史
and back to classical times.

从古典时代吸取养分
The great theme of the Exposition, of course, though, was machines.

当然这次博览会的主题是机械