纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 复仇者的崛起（5）

The pipeline¹ will require a massive investment,

管道建设需要大量投资

and incredible risk.

风险也非常高

But if he gets it right,

但是只要能够做好

Rockefeller will be able to do what he loves to do most, win.

洛克菲勒就能做到他最喜欢的事 胜利

It probably comes early in an entrepreneur's life

在企业家生涯之初 你可能就会

where you realize you're willing to do things in the business world

意识到你在商界想做的事

that other people aren't willing to do.

其他人可能并不愿意做

Everybody has got ideas, and everybody's got ambitions,

每个人都有自己的想法 都有自己的雄心

but most people aren't willing to cross that line,

但大多数人都不敢越雷池一步

and I think an entrepreneur that's successful, that's your nature.

一个成功的企业家 应该具有这种品质

Wherever there's change, wherever there's uncertainty²,

有变化 有不确定性的地方

there's opportunity.

就有机会

Rockefeller's workers labor³ around the clock--

洛克菲勒的工人们 夜以继日地赶工

blasting through the countryside,

沿农村四处开炸

and laying over a mile and a half of pipeline every day.

每天铺设超过一英里半的管道

Business, in the end,

经营 归根结底

Is understanding the playing field.

就是理解游戏规则

Tell me who's on it, what their strengths are,

有哪些参与者 他们有什么优势

what their weaknesses are,

他们有什么弱势

and what is your checkmate play,

你要如何将对手将死

to top 'em, and nail 'em.

压倒他们 让他们出局

And so you're always in that competitive game.

你总处在这样一个竞争性博弈之中

You're looking at innovation.

你需要不断创新

You're looking at leap-frogging,

不断跳跃式前进

trying to get ahead of them.

尝试超越他们

You're never complacent⁴.

永不满足

You're semi-paranoid about what they're doing.

对他们在做什么 要有近乎偏执的态度

That's what the game is all about.

这就是游戏的全部

By the time the pipeline is complete,

管道完成时

it's over four thousand miles long,

其长度超过了四千英里

stretching across Ohio and Pennsylvania,

跨过俄亥俄和宾夕法尼亚

and connecting thousands of the world's most lucrative⁵ oil wells

这让世界上数千口最赚钱的油井

directly to Rockefeller's refineries⁶.

直接连到了洛克菲勒的炼油厂

John Rockefeller has finally found his way

约翰·洛克菲勒终于找到了

to eliminate the railroads from the oil business,

将铁路公司逐出石油行业的方式

and in the process, he's forever revolutionized the way oil is transported.

过程中 他让石油运输的方式发生了革命

1 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

2 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 complacent   

adj.自满的；自鸣得意的

参考例句：

• We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
• She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。

5 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

6 refineries   

精炼厂( refinery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
• Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。