irresistible as that optimism was.

因为那是种不容抗拒的乐观
It's called "Earth's Holocaust."

它的名字是《地球的火劫》
Have you ever read that? It’s an incredible story.

你们以前读过吗这是个惊世骇俗的故事
He has this whole group of people out somewhere on the American frontier

他描写了来自于美国边界某处的一群人
and they're a kind of a cult.

他们是一群狂热分子
They decide they're going to have a bonfire

他们决定要燃起一堆篝火
and they build this giant fire

将之化为熊熊烈焰
and into it they throw everything from the past.

将过去的一切尽抛其中
They throw heraldry,

他们抛掉了世代相传的家徽
they throw every kind of vestige

抛掉一切来自旧文明
of Old World culture and monarchy

和旧君主政体的痕迹
and aristocracy and civilization.

抛掉了贵族政治和文明