Name: 十大讓人心驚肉跳的另類歷史，差點就發生了。 (Top 10 Mind-Blowing Alternate Histories That Almost Happened)
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Its victims fall into terrible fever and dark despair.

它的受害者陷入可怕的高燒和黑暗的絕望之中。

And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10.

而今天我們就來細數一下前十名的人選。

他們是否試圖對美國人進行殖民？

And how much of their seafaring skill did they bequeathed to medieval Europe?

他們的航海技術又給中世紀的歐洲留下了多少遺產？

For this list, we're looking at various hypothetical alternate histories that could have occurred if events had played out just a little differently.

對於這個列表，我們正在尋找各種假設的替代歷史，如果事件發生了一點點不同，可能會發生。

Do you find the scariest or most intriguing?

The Internet doesn't become commercial If you want a computer, here's how to get the most out of it.

互聯網不成為商業如果你想買電腦，下面就來看看如何讓它發揮最大的作用。

Without buying lots of expensive software, the Internet could be very different today.

如果不買很多昂貴的軟件，今天的互聯網可能會很不一樣。

Writing for intelligencer author Brian Feldman notes that had the National Science Foundation not allowed commercial activity in 1991 the Internet would still be confined to academia.

intelligencer的作者Brian Feldman在撰文中指出，如果1991年美國國家科學基金會不允許商業活動，互聯網仍將侷限於學術界。

We'd be getting all our information from, you know, doing research in books.

我們會得到所有的資訊 從，你知道，做研究的書籍。

That wasn't the last hurdle the Internet had to jump over.

這還不是互聯網要跳過的最後一道坎。

If the FCC had been put in charge in the mid nineties, the Internet would likely be heavily censored, like network television.

如果在九十年代中期讓FCC負責，互聯網很可能會像網絡電視一樣受到嚴厲的審查。

The FCC has forbidden audible flatulence.

Everyone is now required to wear this device that converts all fart sounds into Steven Wright jokes.

現在每個人都要戴上這個裝置，把所有的屁聲都轉換成史蒂芬-賴特的笑話。

我把除斑劑灑在了我的狗身上。

In a similar vein in 1998 Congress passed an act that would have banned Children from using certain sites.

同樣，1998年國會通過了一項法案，禁止兒童使用某些網站。

Fortunately, it was shot down for being too broad and unenforceable.

幸運的是，它因太過寬泛，無法執行而被打消。

Number nine, Washington is killed in battle.

As Hamilton taught us, George Washington was a major figure in the American Revolutionary War.

正如漢密爾頓教我們的，喬治-華盛頓是美國革命戰爭中的重要人物。

I'm working with the third of what our Congress has promised.

我正在與我們的國會承諾的三分之一的工作。

He led the Patriot forces and following the country's victory, helped establish the U.

他率領愛國者部隊，在國家勝利後，幫助建立了美國。

Constitution and served two terms as the first president of the United States.

憲法，並連任兩屆美國第一任總統。

Suffice it to say the man was pretty darned important.

那麼，如果他是在戰場上被殺了呢？

Author Eric Moreau's opines that if he'd been killed before France joined the fray, America could well have lost the war and remained a British colony.

作者埃裡克-莫羅的認為，如果他在法國加入戰局之前就被殺了，美國很可能會輸掉這場戰爭，仍然是英國的殖民地。

It may be doubted whether so small a number of men ever employed so short a space of time with more lasting results upon the history of the world.

它可能會懷疑是否有這麼少的人曾經僱用這麼短的時間空間與更持久的結果在世界歷史上。

If he died later in the war, it's possible that the two term president for US presidents would never have been set, allowing one person to lead the country indefinitely.

如果他在後來的戰爭中去世，有可能美國總統的兩任總統就不會被設定，讓一個人無限期地上司國家。

Well, General, uh, you are you are here I am number eight.

好吧，將軍，你是... ...你在這裡，我是八號。

In the 16th century, German theologian and monk Martin Luther challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, leading to the Reformation and the birth of Protestantism.

16世紀，德國神學家、僧侶馬丁-路德挑戰天主教會的權威，導致宗教改革和新教的誕生。

Never before had a man of the people excited such enthusiasm.

以前從來沒有一個人的人激動過這樣的熱情。

Ordinary people, peasants and members of the lower aristocracy in particular, put their hopes in this monk from Wittenberg.

普通百姓、農民，尤其是下層貴族成員，都把希望寄託在這位來自威騰堡的僧侶身上。

This significantly eroded the Catholic Church's authority and led to the birth of new Christian denominations.

這極大地削弱了天主教會的權威，導致了新的基督教教派的誕生。

This movement, known as Protestantism, swept across Germany and then on to France, the Netherlands, Belgium.

這場被稱為新教的運動，席捲了整個德國，然後到了法國、荷蘭、比利時。

But in every place it took a different form.

但在每個地方都有不同的形式。

Today, it's estimated that 37% of all Christians or one billion people, are Protestants.

今天，據估計，37%的基督徒或10億人是新教徒。

If this never happened, then Catholicism would be far more prevalent.

如果這種情況從來沒有發生過，那麼天主教會更加盛行。

Today, it's possible that the pope would be the most influential and powerful man in the world.

今天，教皇有可能成為世界上最有影響力和權力的人。

English novelist Kingsley Amos explored this idea in his novel The Alteration, describing a world in which the Catholic Church rules with an iron fist, suppressing literature, technology and human sexuality.

英國小說家金斯利-阿莫斯在他的小說《異變》中探討了這一思想，描述了一個天主教會用鐵拳統治的世界，壓制文學、技術和人類性行為。

For centuries, people simply followed the path laid out for them by their church, and their leaders of the Reformation showed them another way.

幾個世紀以來，人們只是簡單地遵循教會為他們鋪設的道路，而他們的宗教改革領袖則為他們指明瞭另一條道路。

Number seven, the South wins the Civil War.

第七號，南方贏得了南北戰爭。

56,000 died in the prisons of North and South.

Now, so many decades after the event, the hurt is still there, and people still ask why Fought from 18 61 to 18 65 the American Civil War ended with the union defeating the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery in the US But what if Abraham Lincoln had failed and the South had one?

現在，事件過去了這麼幾十年，傷痛依然存在，人們還在問為什麼 從18 61年打到18 65年，美國內戰以聯邦擊敗南方聯盟和美國廢除奴隸制而告終，但如果亞伯拉罕-林肯失敗了，南方有一個呢？

Instead, 1960 Writer McKinley Cantor offered one possible answer, suggesting that the southern forces would have annexed Washington D.

而1960年作家麥金利-坎托爾卻提出了一個可能的答案，他認為南方部隊會吞併華盛頓特區。

C and continued to enslave black people, leading to mounting international pressure and further civil strife.

C並繼續奴役黑人，導致國際壓力越來越大，內亂進一步加劇。

All through the South, the tremor runs the convulsion of a once serene society that feels itself threatened with extinction.

在整個南方，震顫貫穿了一個曾經寧靜的社會的抽搐，這個社會感到自己受到了滅絕的威脅。

On the other hand, novelist Harry Turtledove Southern Victory Series imagines the union and Confederate states continuing as separate nations and choosing separate sides in World War.

另一方面，小說家Harry Turtledove南方勝利系列想象聯邦和邦聯各州繼續作為獨立的國家，在世界大戰中分別選擇不同的陣營。

However you look at it, it seems clear that slavery would have continued for far longer and that the United States might not be united today.

無論你怎麼看，似乎很明顯，奴隸制會持續更久，美國今天可能不會統一。

Adolf Hitler's hypothetical death or assassination has served as a popular think peace for decades, and many theories have been put forth regarding its potential ramifications.

阿道夫-希特勒的假想死亡或暗殺，幾十年來一直作為一種流行的思想和平，關於其潛在的影響，提出了許多理論。

Hitler claimed that a British soldier spared his life in World War if he'd been killed.

希特勒聲稱，在世界大戰中，一名英國阿兵哥饒了他一命，如果他被殺。

Instead, the Nazi party may not have risen to power, potentially averting World War two.

相反，納粹黨可能不會上臺，有可能避免第二次世界大戰。

From the time he was elected chancellor in 1933 Hitler seized every opportunity to influence the masses inside Germany.

從1933年當選總理開始，希特勒就抓住一切機會影響德國國內的民眾。

There were also numerous attempts to assassinate Hitler both before and during the Second World War, most famously, the 20 July plot in 1944.

在二戰前和二戰期間，也有許多刺殺希特勒的企圖，最著名的是1944年的7月20日陰謀。

During this attempt, a table leg shielded Hitler from the bomb blast.

在這次嘗試中，一條桌腿為希特勒擋住了炸彈的爆炸。

If it hadn't, the war may have seen a faster and more peaceful end.

如果沒有，戰爭可能會更快、更和平地結束。

Of course, that's just one of many, many possibilities.

當然，這只是很多很多可能性中的一種。

Christianity has had a major impact on history, and it's hard to envision a reality without it.

基督教對歷史產生了重大影響，很難設想沒有基督教的現實。

Christianity is a monotheistic religion that centers on the teachings of Jesus Christ, believed to be the son of an almighty universal god.

基督教是以耶穌基督的教義為中心的一神教，被認為是全能的宇宙神的兒子。

It is through faith in Jesus Christ and his teachings that believers have access to God and afterlife.

信徒是通過對耶穌基督的信仰和他的教導，才有機會接觸到上帝和來世。

What would European history have been like?

Perhaps a polytheistic one well to start with, the Roman Empire would not have adopted Christianity in the fourth century.

也許一個多神教的好開始，羅馬帝國不會在四世紀採用基督教。

A D one empire, one god, one emperor Greco Roman mystery cults might have boomed, instead fulfilling hope for reward in the afterlife.

A D一個帝國，一個神，一個皇帝希臘羅馬神祕邪教可能會蓬勃發展，反而滿足了人們對來世獎勵的希望。

Scientific and academic institutions would have been free of the Catholic Church's authority, yes, science, but would have lacked the church's patronage which was key in their development.

科學和學術機構將擺脫天主教會的權威，是的，科學，但將缺乏教會的贊助，而這是它們發展的關鍵。

Basically, modern day Western civilization would be unrecognizable, possibly in very unexpected ways.

基本上，現代西方文明將無法識別，可能以非常意外的方式。

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