名人演讲视频：李开复在卡耐基梅隆大学的演讲

 　In 1988, Kai-Fu Lee received his doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, where he accepted a position as an assistant professor.

　　Fast-forward 20 years and Lee has returned to his alma mater as founding president of Google China and vice¹ president of Google, Inc. It was standing-room-only in McConomy auditorium² as he spoke³ about the company's path to success against all odds⁴.

　　"China is big, and China is challenging," admitted Lee, whose warm wit drew plenty of laughs as he outlined the six-step plan through which Google China gained its increase in market share and developed the best search engine in China.

　　He cited a long-term view and patience as key, underscoring the importance of putting people first and creating a search engine designed by Chinese for Chinese.

　　"We build a world-class team by attracting the very best, finding the best engineers and giving them lots of freedom," Lee explained. "And we empower the local team."

　　Lee went on to describe how Chinese users differ from other users, noting their tendency to be curiosity-driven rather than having an 'I'll-recognize-it-when-I-see-it' search behavior.

　　"So, we concentrate on building the traffic, and profit will follow," Lee said. "It's a very unique formula that allows us to focus on the user."

　　Lee noted⁵ that multinational⁶ companies face a lot of challenges, but Google has reasons for optimism.

　　"We're hiring really great people. And we did the right thing — focusing on building the company to last rather than to make money quickly."

　　Lee joined Google in 2005 to develop the company's operations in China. In short, he's responsible for all engineering, product development and public affairs activities there. Prior to joining Google, he was a corporate⁷ vice president responsible for advanced natural language and user interface⁸ technologies at Microsoft and was the founder⁹ of Microsoft Research Asia.

　　While an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon, Lee developed the world's first speaker-independent continuous speech-recognition system. This system was selected as the "Most Important Innovation of 1988" by Business Week.

　　Also while at Carnegie Mellon, Lee developed the world-champion computer program that plays the game "Othello" and that defeated the human world champion in 1988.

　　Fortune magazine ranked Google the number one company to work for in America in 2008.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

5 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

6 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

7 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

8 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

9 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。