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The pipeline 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 uncertainty,

有变化 有不确定性的地方

there's opportunity.

就有机会

Rockefeller's workers labor 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 complacent.

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 lucrative oil wells

这让世界上数千口最赚钱的油井

directly to Rockefeller's refineries.

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

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洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。

重点讲解

1.willing to do 愿意；乐意

例句：They keep a list of people (who are) willing to work nights.

他们有一份愿意夜间工作的人的名单。

I'm perfectly willing to discuss the problem.

我十分乐意讨论这个问题。

2.against the clock

if you do sth against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time

抢时间；争分夺秒

例句：James has been left alone to make this happen, but he is working against the clock: He has six months to show a real difference.

James被留下独自去使这些发生，但是他必须分秒必争地工作：他只有6个月的时间去做出成绩。

around/round the clock

all day and all night without stopping

日夜不停；夜以继日(尤指体育运动中)获得,赢得,击中

3.complacent (about sb/sth) 自满的；自鸣得意的；表现出自满的

例句：a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment

对失业增加抱满不在乎的危险态度

We must not become complacent about progress.

我们决不能因进步变得自满。

4.paranoid delusions 偏执妄想

paranoid schizophrenia 妄想型精神分裂症

a paranoid killer 偏执型杀人凶手

例句：Paranoid delusions they haunt you.

妄想的幻觉纠缠着你。