财富精英励志演讲 第117期:互联网会改变一切(4)

 　　And it's also applied¹ to the countries. Just like the Industrial Revolution determines which country had the best standard of living over a period of hundreds of years. The Internet revolution will have the same impact². Those countries who use this technology to add productivity³ to the government, who use this technology in the way they teach children how to employ it to be more effective not only in business but also in the way they live and play, and those countries and companies to employ would determine the future of their economies in many, many ways. It used to be the U.S, Europe and Japan as example. You could often tell what the economy was like in terms of Internet by just looking at the name cards. Almost no Japanese businessperson has called one had an Internet address on it. Today it's almost socially unacceptable not to do that. The Japanese in four years have closed the advantage that the Europe and North America to have on the Internet where it almost completely equal. They understood the impact that it would have on the future of their business, the future of the country, the future of their children. So the Internet generation is people, companies, and countries move in an unbelievable pace as it move forward.

　　它对于国家也同样适用，如同工业革命那样，它决定着哪个国家在几百年后生活水平最髙。互联网革命也会具备同样的效果。那些将此技术用于增强政府生产力的国家，那些将此技术传授于下一代并教导他们如何在事业、生活和娱乐方面更有效使用互联网的国家，这样的国家和公司将决定它们经济的未来。比如，我们仅从名片上的互联网地址就可以推断美国，欧洲和日本的经济发展趋势。以前几乎没有一位日本商人的名片上有互联网网址，今天，各片上没有互联网网址几乎就不能被社会接受。在四年内，日本就终结了欧洲和北美曾经在互联网方面的优势地位，并拥有了与其相当的互联网水平。他们明白这项技术对商业的未来，对国家的未来甚至下一代的未来的重要影 响。因此，在互联网时代，人、公司和国家将以一种难以置信的速度发展。

　　There are two things that are really driving this. The first is its fourth generation of technology, with each generation being dramatically⁴ bigger than the prior⁵ generation. For several decades, It was the main trend. And now it is the network generation. And it will have more impact probably them all the three prior generations confined⁶. So as you move into the new generation technology you naturally see the explosion⁷. But what is driving it even stronger than the technology is the business application. It doesn't matter if you are in Germany, France, UK,. US, Japan, or China. All the business organizations have the same challenges.

　　这样的发展有两个推动力。一个是第四代技术，每代技术都极大地超过前一代。几十年来，这都是一个主要的趋势。现在是网络时代，网络时代的影响将大于前三代的总和。所以当我们进入新的技术时代时，自然会感受到技术爆炸的冲击力。比这个驱动力还要强大的力量就是商务应用。无论你在德国、法国、英国、美国、日本还是中国，所有的商业机构都面临着同样的挑战。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？

3 productivity   

n.生产力，生产率，多产

参考例句：

• Farmers are introducing in novations which increase the productivity.农民们正引进提高生产力的新方法。
• The workers try to put up productivity.工人设法提高生产率。

4 dramatically   

ad.显著地

参考例句：

• His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation. 手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。
• Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years. 在过去10年里我们的生活方式发生了巨大的变化。

5 prior   

adj.更重要的，较早的，在先的；adv.居先；n.小修道院院长；大修道院副院长

参考例句：

• The duty to protect my sister is prior to all others.保护我的妹妹是我最重要的责任。
• I took up one-year prior course in German in this college.我在这所大学读了一年的德语预科。

6 confined   

adj. 被限制的,狭窄的,在分娩中的; 动词confine的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area. 此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。
• It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces. 把动物关在狭小的空间里是残酷的。

7 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。