历史英雄名人演讲 第55期:新西兰总理海伦克拉克在APECCEO峰会上的演讲(2)

 　　We see New Zealand developing as a top place in the world to do business because:

　　我们见证了新西兰正在发展成为世界上最适合做生意的地区，因为：

　　We have a highly educated and skilled workforce¹

　　我们拥有高学历、高技能的员工队伍；

　　We have sophisticated infrastructure² and are highly interconnected

　　我们有先进的基础设施和和完备的对外联系体系；

　　We have strong commitments to government, business and community partnerships³

　　我们对来自政府、企业和社区的合作伙伴高度负责；

　　We are a secure and stable place to live in and invest in, in every sense

　　无论从何种意义上讲，我们都拥有一个安全和稳定的居住和投资环境；

　　We have a fantastic physical environment for recreation and leisure

　　我们拥有一个绝佳的适合休闲娱乐的自然环境；

　　We are culturally dynamic, and

　　我们在文化上是动态的，并且...

　　We are a socially inclusive and tolerant society

　　我们拥有一个包容的、宽容的社会；

　　New Zealand is now in the process of creating conditions in which the highest levels of innovation can flourish

　　新西兰现在正在创造条件，让高水平的创新有用武之地，

　　and in which New Zealand has the capacity to create new knowledge and apply it to new and existing industries.

　　让新西兰有能力开拓新的知识领域，并把新知识应用到新的和已有的产业中去。

　　To achieve our goals, government is working closely with business and other stakeholders.

　　为了实现这些目标，我们的政府正在与企业和其他利益相关者展开密切的合作。

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句