演讲稿

It was a revolution that occurred several hundred years and lured populations move from country to country and companies move from country to country based upon their ability to employ the technology in this Industrial Revolution. I don't think Internet revolution is any difference. It's gonna change all aspects of our way of lives. It literally will bring together the Internet revolution if you will—people and information in global virtual companies, and it will have the same effect that the Industrial Revolution did. But Internet moves in what we call dog-years or Internet-years. One calendar year is dogs-like is really seven years. The same thing is true in the Internet. The Internet moves at the pace almost seven times faster than normal business. It's also going to be Internet generation. We are all part of that. And generation doesn't apply to one age group. Our children probably understand more about the Internet than many of the people in this room in terms of how to use it and how to serve it. When I talk to a number of our customers, they would say, "John, it might surprise you in the face of the most strong Internet." I am talking about people who are going to be consumers. And many of them said that I had the answer. 18-30 year-olds say, "Yes. I expected that." But fifty-five are over. The people who have extra time on their hands to have an application to learn how to use Internet for such as looking up their stocks for communicating with grandchildren studying to be in this area. And the Internet generation also applies to companies. Those companies who understand how to employ this technology, pick the right applications at the right time, understand their competitive advantage, keep one step ahead of the organization and this new market, would be those who grow and survive as you move forward.
这是一场进行了好几百年的革命，吸引人们从一个国家搬到另一个国家，公司也根据它们运用这项技术的能力从一个国家迁到另一个国家。我不认为互联网革命有什么不同，因为它也改变了我们的生 活方式的方方面面。它也会把全球虚拟世界中的公司里的人才与信息聚集起来，这些与当时的工业革命毫无差别。但互联网进入了我们所说的“狗年” 或“互联网年”，日历上的一年实际是7个狗年，互联网的发展也是如此，其发展速度为普通事业的7倍，现在也将是互联网时代，我们都是其中一部分。一个时代不仅仅局限于一个年龄段的人群。就如何使用和服务互联网来说，孩子们可能比在座各位更了解互联网。当我和我们的顾客谈话时，他们会说：“约翰，面对功能最强大的互联网，连你都会感到吃惊的。”我和即将成为顾客的人聊天，许多人认为我知道答案，18-30岁的人会说：“我很期待啊！”而55岁及以上的人就不是这样的了。有多余时间的人学习如何使用互联网来查询股票，或和孙子、孙女交流。互联网时代也适用于公司，那些懂得如何使用这项技术、能在适当的时间选择合适的应用软件、明白自身的竞争优势、走在产业和这个新市场前面的公司将会成长壮大起来。

重点讲解+名人简历

重点讲解：
1. apply to
适用；适合；
eg. These passwords apply to the entire workbook.
这些密码可应用于整个工作簿。
eg. Find out ahead of time what regulations apply to your situation.
提前搞清楚什么规章适用于你的情况。
2. in terms of
在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
eg. I now like to think in terms of all of my dollars having a job.
我现在赞同的花钱的观点就是让我所有的钱尽其所用。
eg. And this change will have huge consequences in terms of everything from shopping habits, to health care to social media.
而这种改变会给城市的方方面面带来重大的影响，包括购物习惯、健康以及社交媒体等等。
3. a number of
若干；许多；
eg. The film holds a number of surprises.
那部电影有许多惊异之处。
eg. He supports a number of charities.
他资助了大量的慈善事业。
4. in the face of
面对；在…面前；
eg. They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.
面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。
eg. Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honest.
几乎所有的困难都回在诚实面前迎刃而解。
5. communicate with
沟通；联系；交流；
eg. Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.
通过电子邮件，我可以和全世界的科学家进行交流。
eg. Sometimes people with autism have trouble talking and might communicate with gestures instead of words.
有时，自闭症患者在说话方面有障碍，可能用手势而不是语言进行交流。

名人简介：
成长经历
钱伯斯1944年出生于美国西弗吉尼亚州的查尔斯顿，他生活在一个相当融洽和睦的家庭里，父母都是医生，还有两个姐姐，幼年时，他还在教堂的唱诗班里唱歌，与他的父亲杰克一起去河边钓鱼……即使在现在钱伯斯还深深怀念过去与家人在卡罗莱纳州海边的度假时光。然而钱伯斯在少年读书时曾经患有轻微的阅读困难症，可是这并没有成为阻止他刻苦学习的原因，却磨练了他的意志。甚至到了现在，他反而还很讨厌冗长的报告，宁愿用言语与别人交流。当他还在西维吉尼亚大学就读法律专业时，就很喜欢打篮球，从中他体会到团队精神的重要性，后来他获得法学士学位然后又从到印地安那大学攻读MBA。钱伯斯与他高中同学伊莲娜·巴拉特结婚并育有一子一女。
钱伯斯已经51岁了，他中等个头，身材匀称，金色卷曲而略显稀疏的头发，眼神专注，常挂着微笑，操一口浓郁的弗吉尼亚口音说话，在向听众致辞时，他流利的表达与潇洒的举止总是令人印象深刻。然而这就是这样一位普通美国南方人，他不懂任何技术，却在西部得到了前所未有的成功(Cisco总部位于美国的加利福尼亚州)，而且领导着世界上最先进的技术公司，他的成功是硅谷神话的典型代表。除此之外，按照硅谷的惯例，只有是一家公司的创始人或者是工程师才可能对这家公司产生真正的影响，然而钱伯斯都不是。