Nixon was President in 1973, so he's one,

1973年的总统尼克松是其中之一
and the other person isn't somebody I would expect you to hear of,

另外一个人我并不指望你们听说
but if you're my generation you would have heard of him,

但如果你们与我同辈就会听过
and his name is Earl Butz.

他就是厄尔·巴兹
Earl Butz was a very--a visible and flamboyant Secretary of Agriculture.

厄尔·巴兹身为农业部长可谓显赫耀眼
Usually nobody knows who the Secretary of Agriculture is,

一般没有人会知道农业部长是谁
but at that time people did, because Butts was in the news a lot.

但那时不同因为巴兹常在新闻里出现
He and Nixon had decided to put into gear

他和尼克松决定开始着手投入
a series of agriculture subsidies to help farmers.

一系列的农业补贴来扶持农民
This was a well meaning thing based on the real need.

这一举措基于实情需要意义重大
Nobody knew that it was going to have nutrition consequences.

没人想到这会对营养学造成影响
Essentially, what they decided to do was to

原本他们这样做是为了