双语学习之--性丑闻放倒美国最有前途的明星高管.docVIP

双语学习之--性丑闻放倒美国最有前途的明星高管 The Sex Scandal That Derailed One Of Americas Most Promising Executives 性丑闻放倒美国最有前途的明星高管 When he was appointed chief financial officer of the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) at age 31, he was the youngest CFO in Fortune 500 history. When he became CEO of Starwood Hotels (HOT) in 1998, he was one of the first black Fortune 500 chiefs. Richard Nanula later became CFO of drug giant Amgen (AMGN) and served on the board of Boeing (BA). 理查德?纳努拉在31岁的时候被任命为迪士尼公司（Walt Disney Co.）首席财务官，成为《财富》美国500强(Fortune 500)历史上最年轻的CFO。1998年，纳努拉担任喜达屋酒店集团(Starwood Hotels)CEO，是《财富》美国500强中第一位黑人执行官。后来，理查德?纳努拉又担任过医药巨头安进公司（Amgen）的CFO，而且还是波音公司（Boeing）的董事会成员。 Now the corporate golden-boys career is in tatters. A Los Angeles Times story this past Sunday charges that Nanula, posing as a porn star called Mr. Rich, videotaped himself having sex with adult film actresses. The story followed up on explicit photos posted on a website called T. 可如今，这位企业界的金童却落得一个名誉扫地的境况。上周日，《洛杉矶时报》（Los Angeles Times）的一篇文章披露，纳努拉假装成一位名为“Mr. Rich”的色情明星，录下了自己与成人电影女演员发生性关系的过程。文章中还配有在一家名为T的网站上发布的露骨的照片。 According to the LA Times story, the fateful entanglements, along with a sexual harassment charge, led Nanula, 53, to resign in July from private equity firm Colony Capital and the Miramax film company, where he was chairman. 据文章披露，致命的桃色关系，以及性骚扰指控，迫使纳努拉在七月份辞去了私募股权公司柯罗尼资本集团（Colony Capital）与米拉麦克斯电影公司（Miramax，纳努拉担任该公司董事长）的职务。 I knew Nanula back when he was at his height of success. And ironically, he was known as an extraordinarily cautious and conservative businessman. As CFO of Disney, his main role was to be a critical and reliable No man to then-CEO Michael Eisner. You can hold back the bridle of a fast horse more easily than you can get a dead horse to move, Eisner once told me. I liked having Richard say, No, we shouldnt do that. Stop. Its irresponsible. 笔者认识纳努拉的时候，他正处于事业的巅峰。颇具讽刺意味的是，他以格外谨慎和保守而著称。身为迪士尼公司的CFO，他的主要任务是对时任CEO迈克尔?艾斯纳的决策提出质疑，并因此被称作是一位关键和可靠的“质疑者”。艾斯纳曾对笔者说过：“勒住一匹快马的缰绳，要比让死马跑起来容易得多。我喜欢有理查德对我说：‘不，我们不