纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(59)

He innovates² a new system for producing cars.

他创造性地推出了一套新的汽车生产系统

Rather than hand crafting each car one at a time, his are assembled by a line of workers, piece by piece.

不是每次手工打造整辆车 而是让工人一个零件一个零件地组装汽车

It's called the assembly line and it completely changes manufacturing forever.

这就是所谓的组装线 它彻底改变了制造的方式

Ford³ didn't invent mass production. But he perfected mass production.

发明批量生产的不是福特 但他完善了批量生产

He understood that a complicated product like an automobile⁴ could be simplified and could be made less expensive if the same thing was produced again and again and again.

他明白一个复杂的产品 比如汽车 可以简化之 如果同样的东西生产了一件一件又一件 那么成本就可以下降

Using the assembly line, Ford workers can build cars up to eight times faster than any other automobile factory in the world.

使用装配线 福特员工的速度比世界上任何其他汽车制造厂要快八倍

What once took twelve hours to assemble, now takes an hour and a half.

那些曾经要花十二个小时组装的活 现在只需要一个半小时

The innovation allows Ford to standardize⁵ the eight-hour workday, five days per week.

创新让福特可以将每周五天 每天八小时的工作制度标准化

But for Ford to continue to innovate¹, he'll need to win his lawsuit⁶.

但是福特继续创新的话 他需要赢得这场官司

His fate, like John Rockefeller's, now rests in the hands of a federal court.

他的命运 和约翰·洛克菲勒一样现在掌握在联邦法院的手中

Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller are two American icons⁷, from different generations, on opposing sides of battle for the country's future.

亨利·福特和约翰·D·洛克菲勒都是美国的标志性人物 他们是两代人 分属决定国家未来的斗争的不同方

As the verdicts come in, American business will never be the same.

宣判的结果一旦揭晓 美国的商业从此不同

1 innovate   

v.革新，变革，创始

参考例句：

• We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
• It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。

2 innovates   

v.改革，创新( innovate的第三人称单数 )；引入（新事物、思想或方法），

参考例句：

• ADI innovates ceaselessly in signal processing area, success is remarkable. ADI在信号措置区域不竭立异，成就卓越。 来自互联网
• The region neither saves and invests sufficiently, nor educates and innovates enough. 该地区在储蓄和投资方面都不足，教育和创新方面也较落后。 来自互联网

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

5 standardize   

v.使符合标准，使标准化

参考例句：

• We will extend and standardize legal services and provide effective legal aid.拓展和规范法律服务，积极开展法律援助。
• There is a drive both to standardise components and to reduce the number of models on offer.正在为实现零部件标准化和减少推出的型号数量而努力。

6 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

7 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓