财富精英励志演讲84:在疯狂中我们看到了天才(4)

 　　And then we're going to add four new Board members, the rest of the prior Board has resigned. We are gonna add four new Board members to carry die company forward. The first is Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle¹. (Cheers) I hope that wasn't a boo I'm hearing. Larry started Oracle in his garage about a year after we started Apple. It's grown to be the second largest software company in the world. We would like to do a lot more in terms of software, and we thought having some software industry expertise² would be a good idea on the Board. The second Board member is Jerry York, former CFO of IBM and Chrysler. Jerry did a lot of the turnaround work at Chrysler and IBM, and is extremely well-known and respected in the financial community for his work. The third new Board member is Bill Campbell, CEO of Intuit. Bill, in addition to being a CEO of Intuit, was formerly³ the Vice⁴ President of Sales and Marketing⁵ for Apple during some of its heyday⁶. He also ran Claris. He is very familiar with some of the successes and some of the failures that Apple has had，and I think he will be an extremely good Board member. And lastly, I am joining the Board as well.

　　其他的前任董事会成员都辞职了，我们又纳入了四位新的董事会成员，在今后将为公司掌舵。第一位是甲骨文公司的首席执行官拉里?埃里森。(欢呼声）我希望我刚才听到的不是嘘声。大概在我们成立苹果一年以后，拉里在他的车库里成立了甲骨文公司。现在甲骨文公司已经成为世界上第二大软件公司。在软件方面我们都愿意倾注更多的心力。 我们认为在董事会里面有一些软件行业的专家将如虎添翼。第二位董事会新成员，杰瑞·约克，曾任IBM和克莱斯勒公司的首席财务官，杰瑞曾为扭转克莱斯勒和IBM 的亏损状况贡献不少，他也因其出色的工作能力在金融界广为人知并备受尊敬。第三位新董事会成员是财捷公司首席执行官比尔·坎贝尔，他曾在苹果最辉煌的时期担任市场营销部的副总裁，同时他还运营着Claris公司。他非常熟悉苹果曾经有过的成功和失败，我想他将会是一位非常好的董事会成员。最后，就是我，也加入了董事会。

1 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

2 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

3 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

4 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。

5 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

6 heyday   

n.全盛时期，青春期

参考例句：

• The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways.19世纪是蒸汽机车鼎盛的时代。
• She was a great singer in her heyday.她在自己的黄金时代是个了不起的歌唱家。