财富精英励志演讲 第141期:未来的路(16)

 This time it may be different, because there has been a shift in power from the regional to the central authorities, and the local officials of the banks are no longer under the control of the local provincial¹ authorities — but success cannot be taken for granted. Moreover, China may be dragged by a global slowdown. But if Cbhina flounders, the global economy loses its motor. Therefore the relative success of China is more assured than its absolute success.

这一次，也许有所不同，因为权力从地方转移到了中央，地方银行的官员不再受省级机关管辖。尽管如此，成功也不能被视作理所当 然。此外，中国的经济发展可能会受困于全球经济衰退。但如果中国出了问题，全球经济就会失去了动力。因此，中国会获得相对成功而不是绝对的成功。

We are at a moment in history which, in some ways, is comparable to the end of the Second World War. Then the prevailing² system had actually collapsed⁴ and a new one had to be built from scratch. At Bretton Woods, the victorious⁵ powers proved equal to the task. Inspired mainly by Lord Keynes, they built a system that could accommodate the entire world even if the United States was more equal than others. Now, the prevailing multilateral system — call it international capitalism⁶ — did not fully⁷ collapse³ but it has been greatly weakened, its inherent flaws have been revealed, and it is challenged by a viable⁸ alternative. The rise of China offers a fundamentally different form of economic organization than the current international financial system. It may be given the label of "state capitalism" as distinct from the international capitalism championed by the Washington Consensus⁹.

从某些方面来说，我们现在所处的历史时刻堪比二战末期。那时，主宰体系实际已经崩溃，一个新的体系亟待建立。战胜国在布雷顿森林会议上证实了这一任务的公平性。在凯恩斯勋爵的启发下，他们建立了一个能容纳全世界的体系，尽管美国享有“更平等”的权利。当前，居于主导地位的被称作国际资本主义多边体系尽管还没有彻底瓦解，但已被大大削弱。它的内在缺陷已暴露，而且面临着被一个可行的体系替代的威胁。中国的崛起提供了一个与目前国际金融体系截然不同的经济组织形式。它可能会被贴上“国家资本主义”的标签，以区别于《华盛顿共识》所倡导的“国际资本主义”。

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 prevailing   

adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的

参考例句：

• She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
• This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 victorious   

adj.胜利的，得胜的

参考例句：

• We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
• The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。

6 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

9 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？