纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(58)

People react to failure in one of two ways. Either they get scared and give up. Or they take that failure that--as a learning experience and they kind of use that experience to redouble their efforts.

人们面对失败的反应有两种 要么因为感到害怕而放弃 要么将失败看作一个学习机会 并趁机加倍努力

Ford¹ is convinced the era of unchecked monopolies is over.

福特深信不受限制的垄断的时代已经结束了

So as his lawsuit² winds its way through court he openly defies the order from ALAM and continues building and selling his cars.

所以对他的诉讼结果还没出来的时候 他公然违抗ALAM的命令继续生产销售他的汽车

He believes there's a better way to conduct business in America and he's determined³ to make it a reality.

他认为在美国做生意有更好的方式 他就是要使之成为现实

Henry Ford was able to position himself as an anti-monopolist, really in a certain way, as a kind of antithesis⁴ of the Rockefellers and the Carnegies.

亨利·福特得以将自己定位垄断反对者 在一定意义上与洛克菲勒 卡内基家族相对立

He is a kind of heroic individual entrepreneur, who believed in competition, who believed in developing a product and bringing it to the people.

他是英雄式的个人企业家 相信竞争 相信可以开发一个产品 并卖给人民

Ford begins paying his workers a livable wage, five dollars per day, more than double the rate of most U.S. factories.

福特开始给他的工人一个过得去的工资 每天五美元 是大部分美国工厂的两倍多

But Ford isn't just paying his workers better, he's also getting more out of them.

但福特不只是支付得多 他获取的也多

1 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。

2 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 antithesis   

n.对立；相对

参考例句：

• The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.他和我的讲话方式完全相反。
• His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.他的创作与当时学院派的教条相对立。