One of, I think, Swensen's best talents is he's a good listener and he incorporates basic facts and acts on them.

我觉得,斯文森的优点之一是,他是个很好的倾听者,综合事实情况再采取行动

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And it's good because you're preparing other people. You're informing them that you're going to be moving forward.

这样的说法很不错，因为你让大家有所准备。你在告知他们你将采取下一步行动。

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Well it kind of depends on what you think is driving the problem, and each of these things suggest a different level, different types of things you might do.

这取决于你对产生这个问题的原因的理解,不同的理解决定着你可以采取的,行动的层次和方式

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In the absence of that, the states have actually taken action, over the past, maybe 5, 10 years

在这种法律空缺的情况下，各个州在过去的五到十年间已经采取了行动，

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I think... I'm hopeful that there will be some action in the next coming years

我认为……我相信在接下来几年内人们会采取行动，

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So in that sense, they should be the first to take action, no question.

所以从这一点来说，毫无疑问他们应该首先采取行动。

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or that you hope that somebody else acts in a certain way.

另一种是表达你希望其他人采取某种行动。

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In the 1920s, a lot of bogus stuff was sold -a lot of people were cheated -so after the stock market crash of 1929, it led to a movement for regulation.

在上世纪20年代,很多不合规的股票流入市场,很多人受骗,所以1929年的股市大崩盘,促使政府采取了一系列加强金融监管的行动

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And more immediately, this weekend, as all of you are thinking the most event in the world was whatever was happening in Congress to do with Iraq, actually, the most important event in the world was taking place in England where my favorite team, portsmouth, were playing Kaj, the head TA's favorite team, Liverpool.

再举个最近的例子吧,比如这周末,在场的各位都觉得世界上最重要的事,是国会对伊拉克采取何种行动,但我觉得最重要的事发生在英格兰,我最喜爱的足球队,朴茨茅斯队,对抗助教长卡茄最喜爱的利物浦队

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prior to that type of control is completely lost.

等到完全混乱了再采取行动为时已晚。

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Smoking is a key example, it took America decades to mobilize after the catastrophic consequences smoking were clear, but when it did, American tobacco companies exploited overseas markets, particularly in the developing world.

吸烟就是一个重要的例子,美国人在吸烟的灾难性后果,已经明确的几十年之后,才采取行动,但在行动时,美国烟草公司已经开拓了海外疆土,尤其在发展中国家

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on the part of the U.S. Government in this country.

美国政府会采取行动。

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then action has needed to have been taken sooner,

那么必需更早采取行动，

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