Englishpod英語文化脫口秀第248期:關于中國經濟和創新

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"Back to Business": 王者歸來

"Despite China's recent troubles, the prospect for itsentrepreneurial private sector remain bright."

“盡管中國經濟近期憂患重重，但中國民營經濟體的未來卻依然光明。”

Public sector: 國有經濟

Private sector: 民營經濟

SOE (state owned enterprises): 國企

Entrepreneurs: 私營企業主

Prospect: 未來、展望

精華段落2

"Manufacturing: Still Made in China"

"制造業: 依然中國制造"

"Chinese manufacturing remains second to none."

“中國制造業依然全球第一。"

Quality: 質量、品質

Innovation: 創新

Second to none: 最好的

"Kirk Yang of Barclays, a bank, believes the manufacturing sector is moving from 'Made inChina' to 'Made by China'.

巴克萊銀行的Kirk Yang認為中國制造業正在從“中國制造”轉型為“中國創造"。

精華段落3

In the 1980's and 1990's, most factories were owned by firms from Taiwan, (like Foxconn) orthe West (like Flex). Increasingly, he predicts, the sector will be run by Chinese firms. Twaiwanused to dominate the market for upmarket electronics components, but he thinks manyChinese parts-supplies-like BYDE, an arm of the electric-car firm BYD-are now excellent."

"80、90年代，大多數工廠由臺灣和國外企業所有。但是這個行業將日益被國內企業占領。臺灣曾經主導高端電子零配件領域，但是國內企業，如比亞迪旗下的BYDE已經發展為世界一流的配件供應商。"

Shift: 轉型、轉變

Made in China: 中國制造

Made by China: 中國創造

Preposition: 介詞

OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer): 代工

Upmarket: 高端市場

Technology: 科技

Copycats: 復制品、抄襲

Label: 標簽

精華段落4

"During the time when China's backward economy was rushing to catch up with the West, itmade sense to copy. Many firms tried to innovate and failed whereas those who copied becamebillionaires.

在中國經濟落后、正在追趕西方經濟時，抄襲難以避免。許多企業嘗試過創新，卻以失敗告終。而那些抄襲者卻成為了億萬富翁。

Backward: 落后的

To catch up: 追趕

Billion:10億

Sophisticated: 高端的、復雜的、有品位的

Chinese consumers have become very sophisticated: 中國的消費者已經變得非常有品味和鑒賞力。

精華段落5

"Chinese consumers' rising expectations and intensifying competition in consumer-facingindustries are already pushing firms towards more innovation.

"中國消費者的要求越來越高，加上面向消費者行業的激烈競爭，企業不得不創新。

One example is Wechat, a popular social media and payments platform run by Tencent.Chinese consumer are now so demanding and globally-minded that you can't get away withJGE. You really need to be world-class to serve China."

"騰訊的微信，一個社交、支付平臺，就是其中的一個范例。中國消費者的高要求和全球眼光使得企業不能再用JGE(Just Good Enough)馬虎對待。企業必須達到國際一流水準，才能服務中國。“

Expectations: 要求、需求

Demanding: 要求高的、難以滿足的

關鍵詞：

The Economist: 經濟學人雜志

Special Report on China: 中國特刊

Is the economy slowing down?: 經濟在放緩嗎?

Growth: 增長 (economic growth: 經濟增長)

Double digits: 兩位數 (double-digit growth: 兩位數增長)

Financial market turmoil: 金融市場動蕩

Theme: 主題