财富精英励志演讲 第132期:汽车的未来(4)

 　　And we talked about swarm¹ networks earlier. And talking about the ultimate swarm, about having all of the processors and all of the cars when they're sitting idle being part of a global grid² for computing³ capability⁴. We find that premise⁵ quite exciting. The automobile⁷ becomes, then, an appliance, not in a commodity sense, but in an appliance, mobile power, mobile platform for information and computing and communication, as well as a form of transportation.

　　之前我们谈到群网络。最强大的群，是将所有的处理器、所有未处于使用状态的汽车集合起来，作为全球电网的一部分来使用，这个假想让我们振奋不已。汽车能够成为一种电器但不是商品意义上的电器，而是作为一种能够提供信息、计算、通讯的电器、移动电源、移动平台，当然也是一种交通工具。

　　And the key to all of this is to make it affordable⁸, to make it exciting, to get it on a pathway where there's a way to make money doing it. And again, this is a pretty big march to take here. And a lot of people say, how do you sleep at night when you're rustling¹⁰ with a problem of that magnitude? And I tell them I sleep like a baby: I wake up crying every two hours. Actually the theme of this conference, I think, has hit on really one of the major keys to pull that off — and that's relationships and working together. Thank you very much. (Applause).

　　但最重要的是我们要让汽车价廉物美，变得令人兴奋，并且有足够的资金进行研发。要实现我们的设想还有很长的路要走。许多人说，你全身心考虑这样一个巨大的工程的时候，晚上怎么睡得着？我告诉他们我的睡眠像小婴儿一样，每两个小时就醒来哭一次。我认为这次研讨会的主题，实际上就是策划出关键要素，并予以实现——那就是关系网的建立与相互合作。非常感谢大家。

　　Chris Anderson: Larry, Larry, wait, wait, wait, wait, Larry, wait, wait one sec. Just — I've got so many questions I could ask you. I just want to ask one. You know, I could be wrong about this, but my sense is that in the public mind, today, that GM is not viewed as serious about some of these environmental ideas as some of your Japanese competitors, maybe even as Ford⁹. Are you serious about it, and not just, you know, when the consumers want it, when the regulators force us to do it we will go there. Are you guys really going to try and show leadership on this?

　　克里斯·安德森（译者注：他是TED大会主席）：拉里，拉里，等等，先别，先等会儿。我有很多问题想问你。一个问题是，也许我的想法有误，不过在我看来，大众认为，与日本的竞争对手，甚至是福特汽车公司比起来，通用汽车公司对那些环保汽车方面的想法和计划并不严肃认真。你怎么看待这个问题呢？是不是因为消费者的需求，执政者的敦促，你们才开始认真对待这些想法？你们通用汽车是不是真的打算在这方面大展拳脚，做领头人？

　　Larry Burns: Yeah, we're absolutely serious. We're into this over a billion dollars already, so I would hope people would think we're serious when we're spending that kind of money. And secondly¹¹, it's a fundamental business proposition. I'll be honest with you: we're into it because of business growth opportunities. We can't grow our business unless we solve these problems. The growth of the auto⁶ industry will be capped by sustainability issues if we don't solve the problems. And there's a simple principle of strategy that says: Do unto yourself before others do unto you. If we can see this possible future, others can too. And we want to be the first to create it, Chris.

　　拉里·伯恩斯：那是当然，我们是非常认真的。我们已经在这方面投资了十多亿美元，所以当我们花费巨资投资时，我希望人们看到我们对环保汽车的诚意。另外，关注环保也应该是企业最基本的任务。实话告诉你：我们进入这个领域是因为其商业利润空间的增长。如果不解决这些问题，我们的业务就无法继续扩展。如果我们不解决这些问题，汽车行业的发展将会因为可持续发展的问题而受阻。有这么一个简单的战略原则：在他人超越你之前先自己超越自己。如果我们能看到环保汽车的发展潜能，别人也能，但我们要做的是成为先驱者，克里斯。

1 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

2 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

4 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

6 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

7 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。

8 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

9 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。

10 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

11 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。