财富精英励志演讲 第116期:互联网会改变一切(3)

 　　It was a revolution that occurred several hundred years and lured¹ populations move from country to country and companies move from country to country based upon their ability to employ the technology in this Industrial Revolution. I don't think Internet revolution is any difference. It's gonna change all aspects of our way of lives. It literally² will bring together the Internet revolution if you will—people and information in global virtual³ companies, and it will have the same effect that the Industrial Revolution did. But Internet moves in what we call dog-years or Internet-years. One calendar year is dogs-like is really seven years. The same thing is true in the Internet. The Internet moves at the pace almost seven times faster than normal business. It's also going to be Internet generation. We are all part of that. And generation doesn't apply to one age group. Our children probably understand more about the Internet than many of the people in this room in terms of how to use it and how to serve it. When I talk to a number of our customers, they would say, "John, it might surprise you in the face of the most strong Internet." I am talking about people who are going to be consumers. And many of them said that I had the answer. 18-30 year-olds say, "Yes. I expected that." But fifty-five are over. The people who have extra time on their hands to have an application to learn how to use Internet for such as looking up their stocks⁴ for communicating with grandchildren studying to be in this area. And the Internet generation also applies to companies. Those companies who understand how to employ this technology, pick the right applications at the right time, understand their competitive⁵ advantage, keep one step ahead of the organization and this new market, would be those who grow and survive as you move forward.

　　这是一场进行了好几百年的革命，吸引人们从一个国家搬到另一个国家，公司也根据它们运用这项技术的能力从一个国家迁到另一个国家。我不认为互联网革命有什么不同，因为它也改变了我们的生 活方式的方方面面。它也会把全球虚拟世界中的公司里的人才与信息聚集起来，这些与当时的工业革命毫无差别。但互联网进入了我们所说的“狗年” 或“互联网年”，日历上的一年实际是7个狗年，互联网的发展也是如此，其发展速度为普通事业的7倍，现在也将是互联网时代，我们都是其中一部分。一个时代不仅仅局限于一个年龄段的人群。就如何使用和服务互联网来说，孩子们可能比在座各位更了解互联网。当我和我们的顾客谈话时，他们会说：“约翰，面对功能最强大的互联网，连你都会感到吃惊的。”我和即将成为顾客的人聊天，许多人认为我知道答案，18-30岁的人会说：“我很期待啊！”而55岁及以上的人就不是这样的了。有多余时间的人学习如何使用互联网来查询股票，或和孙子、孙女交流。互联网时代也适用于公司，那些懂得如何使用这项技术、能在适当的时间选择合适的应用软件、明白自身的竞争优势、走在产业和这个新市场前面的公司将会成长壮大起来。

1 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 virtual   

adj.实质上的，事实上的，实际上的

参考例句：

• This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
• At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。

4 stocks   

n.（树木等的）干( stock的名词复数 )；公债；家系；家族

参考例句：

• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse. 经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They want to unload the stocks on the market. 他们想把股票在市场上抛售掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。