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仅做参考 好好学习，天天向上 Unit 6 A Vision of Work Place in the 21st Century (Quality and Excellence, the Keys to Good Business in the Future) 关于21世纪的工作场所的想象（追求品质和卓越是未来好企业的关键） 1. I know you’re supposed to talk about one thing in a speech, not two, but today I’m going to violate that rule and go ahead and talk about two topics, and then see if I can bring them together somehow. 我知道在一次讲话中应该只谈论一件事情，而不是两个，但今天我要违反这条规则，并且开始谈论两个主题，然后看看能不能以某种方式把他们联系在一起。 2. The two things I want to talk about are first, what I think is expected of companies that hope to compete in the world nowadays, and second, what I think is expected of the people who work for them. 我想谈的这两件事是：第一，我想到的是希望在当今世界有竞争优势的公司所期望的；第二，我想到的是他们对为他们工作的人的期望。 3. American business has entered a process of change that is continuous and permanent. A process that forever alters the way things are. Monumental change. Vital change. 美国企业已经进入到一个持续的永久的变化过程之中，这个过程永远改变着事物的本质。这是具有纪念意义的改变，也是非常重要的改变。 4. Counties all over the world are developing their economies and entering the main stream of global competition. There are plenty of opportunities that American business can seize, abroad and at home, but we have to get there “fastest with the most”, as the wise general said during the Civil War ----or somebody else will. And we can do that, if we keep in mind one crucial ingredient above all: quality. 世界各地的国家都在发展他们的经济，并且已经进入到全球化竞争的主流之中。美国有很多机会可以去抓住，不管是国外的还是国内的，但是正如内战时期一位英明的将领所说，我们必须以“最快的速度”去抓住它们，不然别人会抢在 们前面去抓住这些机会。我们完全可以做到这一点，如果我们牢记一个至关重要的因素：品质。 5. I know, those of you who have been preparing for careers in manufacturing have become familiar with concepts like just-in-time, simultaneous engineering, integrated manufacturing…and also the mandates that drive them ---efficiency, speed, cost containment and quality. 我知道，你们那些已经准备好投身工业事业的人早已经对准时制生产、同步工程、集成制造等概念非常熟悉了，并且也对控制它们的指令——效率、速度、控制成本和质量了如指掌。 6. Let me suggest that you also equip yourselves with a global mind-set a global consciousness. 我建议你也以一个全球性的思维来装备自己——即树立全球化意识。 7. Today the oppor