华尔街的赚钱经 马云谈创业(6)

Going public was an important milestone¹ for Alibaba. The time was right. Our B2B company is established, market conditions are healthy, and management is strong. The reception proved a mainland Chinese company can list in Hong Kong and still get a very strong valuation and global investor² interest.

上市对于阿里巴巴而言是具有里程碑意义的一步。时机是正确的。我们所建立的企业与企业间电子商务公司已站稳了脚跟，市场环境是健康的，经营管理是有力的。市场对我们的接受证明了一个中国内地的公司可以在香港交易所上市，仍然可以获得很大的市场价值并且能够吸引全球的投资者。

My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem³ that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. We are going into search with Yahoo, and have launched online auction⁴ and payment businesses. I want to create one million jobs, change China's social and economic environment, and make it the largest Internet market in the world.

我梦想着建立一个电子商务生态系统。这样，消费者和经营者就可以在网上进行各种交易。我们依托雅虎进入搜索引擎领域，并且建立了网上拍卖和支付平台。我想为社会创造100万个就业机会，改变中国经济社会环境，使中国成为世界上最大的互联网市场。

What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.

在我的生命中，重要的是我能够做一些事情去影响别人，影响中国的发展。做真正的自己，使得自己能够很放松、很快乐，而且会得到一个好的结果。

1 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

2 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

3 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

4 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。