ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jennifer Granholm - Former governor of Michigan
A former two-term governor of Michigan, Jennifer M. Granholm makes the case for empowering states to create jobs through a Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top.

Why you should listen

Jennifer M. Granholm was elected governor of Michigan in 2002, and in 2006, she was re-elected with the largest number of votes ever cast for governor in Michigan. As governor, Granholm led the state through a brutal economic downturn that resulted from a meltdown in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. She worked relentlessly to diversify the state’s economy, strengthen its auto industry, preserve the advancedmanufacturing sector, and add new, emerging sectors, such as clean energy, to Michigan’s economic portfolio. 

During her tenure, she pioneered clean energy policies, working with business and labor, Republicans and Democrats to create new economic opportunities in Michigan. In 2005, the Granholm economic development team put together an aggressive strategy to make Michigan the hub of clean-energy development in North America by developing entire supply chains in Michigan, fostering critical partnerships between industry, government and researchers and by creating economic incentives that made Michigan the place to locate. Granholm’s plan included specific clustering strategies targeted at battery manufacturing, bio-energy, solar and wind power. Her leadership attracted to Michigan more than 89,000clean energy jobs and $9.4 billion in investments in that sector.  By the time she left office at the start of 2011, Michigan’s economy was rebounding and Gallup listed Michigan as state with the most improved jobs climate. 

Her book A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future tells how Michigan pioneered ways out of an economic storm and offers  advice for a nation desperate to create jobs.  

 

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TED2013

Jennifer Granholm: A clean energy proposal -- race to the top!

詹尼弗·格兰霍姆:一个清洁能源提案---力争上游!

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TED2013大会开幕伊始,詹尼弗·格兰霍姆抛出了一个针对美国人却又影响世界的问题:我们如何创造更多的工作?她的想法是通过投资新的可替代能源。而她所面对的巨大挑战是能否在借助或不借助分裂的美国国会的情况下达成这些投资?
- Former governor of Michigan
A former two-term governor of Michigan, Jennifer M. Granholm makes the case for empowering states to create jobs through a Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top. Full bio

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Well, I was introduced介绍 as
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好吧,他们介绍我是
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the former前任的 Governor州长 of Michigan密歇根州,
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密歇根前州长,
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but actually其实 I'm a scientist科学家.
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但其实我是一名科学家。
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All right, a political政治 scientist科学家, it doesn't really count计数,
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是的,一名政治科学家并不算是真正的科学家,
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but my laboratory实验室 was the laboratory实验室 of democracy民主
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但是我的实验室是民主实验室,
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that is Michigan密歇根州, and, like any good scientist科学家,
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它在密歇根州,并且如任何一位出色的科学家一样,
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I was experimenting试验 with policy政策
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我进行的实验是关于政策,
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about what would achieve实现 the greatest最大 good
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关于如何能够为最广大的民众
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for the greatest最大 number.
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带来最大福祉的政策。
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But there were three problems问题, three enigmas
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但是我面临着三个问题、
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that I could not solve解决,
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三个我无法解决的谜团,
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and I want to share分享 with you those problems问题,
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我想在这里与你们分享这些问题,
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but most importantly重要的,
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但最重要的是,
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I think I figured想通 out a proposal提案 for a solution.
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我认为我找到了一个解决方案。
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The first problem问题
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第一个问题是:
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that not just Michigan密歇根州, but every一切 state, faces面孔 is,
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不仅仅是密歇根州, 每一个州都面临着
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how do you create创建 good jobs工作 in America美国
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如何在全球化经济的大环境下
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in a global全球 economy经济?
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在美国创造好的就业?
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So let me share分享 with you some empirical经验 data数据 from my lab实验室.
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首先让我们分享一下来自于我实验室的数据。
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I was elected当选 in 2002 and, at the end结束 of my first year in office办公室 in 2003,
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我在2002年当选,2003年在我任期第一年即将结束时,
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I got a call from one of my staff员工 members会员, who said,
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我接到我的一名工作人员的电话,他告诉我说,
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"GovGOV, we have a big problem问题.
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“州长,我们遇到了一个大问题。
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We have a little tiny community社区 called Greenville格林维尔, Michigan密歇根州,
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密歇根州有一个很小的社区格林维尔市,
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population人口 8,000,
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人口为8000人,
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and they are about to lose失去 their major重大的 employer雇主,
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而他们即将失去当地最大的雇主---
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which哪一个 is a refrigerator冰箱 factory that's operated操作 by Electrolux伊莱克斯."
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一家由伊莱克斯运营的电冰箱工厂。“
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And I said, "Well, how many许多 people work at Electrolux伊莱克斯?"
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然后我问道:“当地有多少人在伊莱克斯工作?”
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And he said, "3,000 of the 8,000 people in Greenville格林维尔."
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他说:“8000名当地居民中的3000人。”
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So it is a one-company一公司 town.
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所以这是一个由一家公司支撑着的小镇。
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And Electrolux伊莱克斯 was going to go to Mexico墨西哥.
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而伊莱克斯打算将工厂迁到墨西哥。
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So I said, "Forget忘记 that. I'm the new Governor州长.
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然后我说:“忘掉工厂搬迁吧。我是新任州长。
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We can fix固定 this. We're going to go to Greenville格林维尔
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我们将解决这个问题。我会带上其他政府官员
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with my whole整个 cabinet内阁 and we will just
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前往格林维尔,
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make Electrolux伊莱克斯 an offer提供 they can't refuse垃圾."
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我们要给伊莱克斯一个他们无法拒绝的提议。”
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So I brought my whole整个 cabinet内阁,
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之后我带去了全部政府官员,
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and we met会见 with all of the pooh-bahs维尼bahs of little Greenville格林维尔 --
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我们与格林维尔市当地所有的要员会面,
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the mayor市长, the city manager经理, the head of the community社区 college学院 --
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包括市长、市执行长、社区学院院长等,
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and we basically基本上 emptied清空 our pockets口袋
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可以说我们掏空了口袋,
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and put all of our chips芯片 on the table,
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将所有可以用的筹码都摊到了桌面上,
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incentives奖励, you name名称 it, to convince说服 Electrolux伊莱克斯 to stay,
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所有能说服伊莱克斯留在当地的理由,
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and as we made制作 our pile of chips芯片,
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我们一边在努力拿出筹码,
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we slid下滑 them across横过 the table to the management管理 of Electrolux伊莱克斯.
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一边将它们送给谈判桌对面的伊莱克斯高管们。
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And in the pile were things like zero taxes for 20 years年份,
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这些筹码中包括二十年免税,
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or that we'd星期三 help to build建立 a new factory for the company公司,
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政府出资协助伊莱克斯建设
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we'd星期三 help to finance金融 it. The UAWUAW, who represented代表 the workers工人,
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一个全新的工厂。代表工人的工会
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said they would offer提供 unprecedented史无前例 concessions让步,
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出面表示他们将前所未有的作出一些让步和
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sacrifices牺牲 to just keep those jobs工作 in Greenville格林维尔.
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牺牲来保住格林维尔的那些工作岗位。
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So the management管理 of Electrolux伊莱克斯 took our pile,
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伊莱克斯的高管们拿到了这些筹码,我们提供的
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our list名单 of incentives奖励, and they went outside the room房间
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刺激政策,然后他们走出了房间,
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for 17 minutes分钟,
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17分钟后,
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and they came来了 back in and they said,
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他们回来了,然后说:
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"Wow, this is the most generous慷慨
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“哇哦,这是为了保住当地的工作岗位
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any community社区 has ever been to try to keep jobs工作 here.
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任何社区提出过的最慷慨的提议。
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But there's nothing you can do
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但是你们无法做到的是
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to compensate补偿 for the fact事实 that we can pay工资 $1.57 an hour小时
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在墨西哥的华瑞兹我们只需要支付工人每小时
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in Juarez华雷斯, Mexico墨西哥. So we're leaving离开."
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1.57美元的薪水。所以我们还是要搬走。“
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And they did. And when they did, it was like
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之后他们确实迁走了工厂。当他们搬走时,
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a nuclear bomb炸弹 went off in little Greenville格林维尔.
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就好比一颗核弹击中了小小的格林维尔。
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In fact事实, they did implode the factory.
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事实上,他们确实炸掉了工厂。
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That's a guy that is walking步行 on his last day of work.
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我记得那是一个走路来上最后一天班的人。
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And on the month that the last refrigerator冰箱 rolled热轧 off the assembly部件 line线,
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关闭工厂那个月最后一个电冰箱从生产线上下来后,
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the employees雇员 of Electrolux伊莱克斯 in Greenville格林维尔, Michigan密歇根州,
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格林维尔市的伊莱克斯员工们
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had a gathering搜集 for themselves他们自己 that they called the last supper晚餐.
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自己组织了一次集会。他们将之称为最后的晚餐。
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It was in a big pavilion in Greenville格林维尔, an indoor室内 pavilion,
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那是格林维尔的一个很大的场馆,一个室内场馆,
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and I went to it because I was so frustrated受挫 as Governor州长
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当时我之所以前往参加是因为作为州长我对无法阻止这些就业岗位的流失
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that I couldn't不能 stop the outflow外流 of these jobs工作,
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感到深深的挫败感,
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and I wanted to grieve with them,
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我想与他们一起感受痛苦,
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and as I went into the room--房间 - there's thousands数千 of people there.
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我走进场馆内看到那里聚集着数以千计的人。
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It was a just big thing. People were eating boxed盒装 lunches午餐
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这真的是当地的一次大聚会。人们在圆桌上吃着盒装午餐,
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on roundtop乔福 tables, and there was a sad伤心 band playing播放 music音乐,
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一支悲伤的乐队演奏着,
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or a band playing播放 sad伤心 music音乐, probably大概 both. (Laughter笑声)
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或者是一支乐队演奏着悲伤的曲子,或者两者兼有。(笑)
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And this guy comes up to me,
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这时这个人走到我面前,
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and he's got tattoos纹身 and his ponytail马尾巴 and his baseball棒球 cap on,
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他身上有着纹身,梳着马尾辫,戴着一顶棒球帽。
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and he had his two daughters女儿 with him,
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他的两个女儿跟在他身边,
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and he said, "GovGOV, these are my two daughters女儿."
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他说:“州长,这是我的两个女儿。”
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He said, "I'm 48 years年份 old,
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“我已经48岁了,
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and I have worked工作 at this factory for 30 years年份.
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我在这家工厂工作30年了。
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I went from high school学校 to factory.
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从高中毕业起我就来在这上班。
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My father父亲 worked工作 at this factory," he said.
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我的父亲在这里工作过。”他继续说:
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"My grandfather祖父 worked工作 at this factory.
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“我的祖父也曾在这工作。
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All I know is how to make refrigerators冰箱."
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我只知道如何组装电冰箱。”
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And he looked看着 at his daughters女儿,
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他看了看他的女儿们,
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and he puts看跌期权 his hand on his chest胸部,
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然后将他的手放在胸前,
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and he says, "So, GovGOV, tell me,
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说道:“州长,告诉我,
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who is ever going to hire聘请 me?
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谁会雇我?
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Who is ever going to hire聘请 me?"
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谁还会雇我?”
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And that was asked not just by that guy
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同样的问题不仅被他一个人问起,
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but by everyone大家 in the pavilion,
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场馆里的每一个人都问了,
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and frankly坦率地说, by every一切 worker工人 at one of the 50,000 factories工厂
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坦白地说,本世纪头十年里关闭的
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that closed关闭 in the first decade of this century世纪.
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50000家工厂的每一名员工都问过同样的问题。
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Enigma number one: How do you create创建 jobs工作
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所以第一个问题是:在全球化经济下的美国
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in America美国 in a global全球 economy经济?
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如何创造就业岗位?
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Number two, very quickly很快:
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接下来就是问题二:
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How do you solve解决 global全球 climate气候 change更改
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当这个国家连一个全国性的能源政策都没有时,
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when we don't even have a national国民 energy能源 policy政策 in this country国家
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当国会的僵局常态化时,
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and when gridlock僵局 in Congress国会 seems似乎 to be the norm规范?
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我们如何解决全球气候变化问题?
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In fact事实, there was a poll轮询 that was doneDONE recently最近
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事实上,最近有一个民调
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and the pollster民意调查 compared相比 Congress's国会 approval赞同 ratings评级
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被调查者对比了国会的支持率
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to a number of other unpleasant不愉快 things,
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和一些其他令人不快的事情,
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and it was found发现, in fact事实, that Congress's国会 approval赞同 rating评分
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结果发现国会的支持率
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is worse更差 than cockroaches蟑螂,
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甚至比蟑螂、
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lice虱子, NickelbackNickelback乐队 the band, root canals运河 and Donald唐纳德 Trump王牌. (Laughter笑声)
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虱子、五分钱合唱团、牙根管和唐纳德 · 特朗普还低。(笑)
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But wait, the good news新闻 is it's at least最小 better
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但是,好消息是国会的支持率还是比
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than meth甲基 labs实验室 and gonorrhea淋病. (Laughter笑声)
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比毒品工厂和淋病高的。(笑声)
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We got a problem问题, folks乡亲.
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我们遇到了问题,朋友们。
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So it got me thinking思维, what is it?
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所以这让我思考问题到底出在哪里?
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What in the laboratory实验室 that I see out there,
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我在我的实验室:民主实验室里看到了什么,
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the laboratories实验室 of democracy民主, what has happened发生?
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究竟发生了什么?
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What policy政策 prescriptions处方 have happened发生
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我们开出过什么样的政策处方
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that actually其实 cause原因 changes变化 to occur发生
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它们既能真正改变现状
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and that have been accepted公认 in a bipartisan两党 way?
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还能被两党所接受?
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So if I asked you, for example,
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比如让我问你们,
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what was the Obama奥巴马 Administration行政 policy政策
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奧巴马政府的什么政策
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that caused造成 massive大规模的 changes变化 across横过 the country国家,
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在全国范围造成了巨大的变化?
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what would you say?
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你会说什么?
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You might威力 say Obamacare奥巴马医改, except for those were not voluntary自主性 changes变化.
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你可能会说奥巴马医保,除了那些非自愿的变化外。
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As we know, only half the states状态 have opted选择 in.
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但正如我们所知,只有半数的州选择了参与。
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We might威力 say the Recovery复苏 Act法案, but those didn't require要求 policy政策 changes变化.
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我们也许会说经济复苏法案,但这并不需要政策上的变化。
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The thing that caused造成 massive大规模的 policy政策 changes变化 to occur发生
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导致大规模政策变化的
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was Race种族 to the Top最佳 for education教育.
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是“力争上游教育计划”。
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Why? The government政府 put a $4.5 billion十亿 pot
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为什么?政府放出45亿美元,
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and said to the governors州长 across横过 the country国家, compete竞争 for it.
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然后向全国的州长们说,来竞争吧。
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Forty-eight四十八 governors州长 competed竞争,
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48名州长参与了竞争,
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convincing使人信服 48 state legislatures立法机关 to essentially实质上
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说服了48个州议会通过了
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raise提高 standards标准 for high schoolers高中生
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提高高中生教育标准,
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so that they all take a college学院 prep预备 curriculum课程.
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这样他们都将在高中完成大学预备课程。
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Forty-eight四十八 states状态 opted选择 in, creating创建 a national国民 [education教育] policy政策 from the bottom底部 up.
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48个州加入了,这是从最底层制订了一个全国性的(教育)政策。
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So I thought, well, why can't we do something like that
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所以我想,为什么我们不能像这样
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and create创建 a clean清洁 energy能源 jobs工作 race种族 to the top最佳?
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来制订一个清洁能源项目竞争机制呢?
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Because after all, if you look at the context上下文,
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毕竟当前环境下,
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1.6 trillion dollars美元 has been invested投资 in the past过去 eight years年份
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在全球范围内来自于私营机构的投资
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from the private私人的 sector扇形 globally全球,
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在过去的8年中已经达到1.6万亿美金,
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and every一切 dollar美元 represents代表 a job工作,
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每一美元都对应着一份工作,
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and where are those jobs工作 going?
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这些工作都去了哪里?
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Well, they're going to places地方 that have policy政策, like China中国.
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这些工作都去了那些有政策的地方,比如中国。
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In fact事实, I was in China中国 to see what they were doing,
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事实上我去中国看了看他们在做什么,
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and they were putting on a dog-and-pony狗和小马 show显示 for the group that I was with,
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当时他们正在为我所在的参观小组做一些大规模演示,
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and I was standing常设 in the back of the room房间 during one of the demonstrations示威
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在一场演示中当时我站在会议室的后面,
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and standing常设 next下一个 to one of the Chinese中文 officials官员,
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旁边的一名中国官员,
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and we were watching观看, and he says,
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"So, GovGOV, when do you think the U.S. is going to get national国民 energy能源 policy政策?"
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"州长,你认为美国什么时候能出台国家能源政策?"
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And I said, "Oh my God -- Congress国会, gridlock僵局, who knows知道?"
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我回答说:"我的天啊,看看国会的僵局,谁知道呢?"
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And this is what he did, he goes, he says,
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而这是他接下来说的,
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"Take your time."
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"慢慢来,不着急。“
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Because they see our passivity被动 as their opportunity机会.
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因为他们看到我们的迟缓为他们提供了机会。
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So what if we decided决定 to create创建
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所以如果我们来创造
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a challenge挑战 to the governors州长 of the country国家,
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一个面向全国所有州长们的挑战,
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and the price价钱 to entry条目 into this competition竞争
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而进入这个竞争的资金数额与
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used the same相同 amount that the bipartisan两党 group approved批准 in Congress国会
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两党在国会批准的“力争上游教育计划”
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for the Race种族 to the Top最佳 for education教育, 4.5 billion十亿,
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为同样的数额:45 亿美元,
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which哪一个 sounds声音 like a lot, but actually其实 it's less than
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这听起来是个大数目,但实际上它小于
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one tenth第十 of one percent百分 of federal联邦 spending开支.
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联邦政府开支的1%的十分之一。
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It's a rounding四舍五入 error错误 on the federal联邦 side.
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它相当于联邦开支的舍入误差。
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But price价钱 to entry条目 into that competition竞争 would be,
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进入这项竞争的代价是,
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you could just, say, use the President's总统 goal目标.
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就用奥巴马总统的目标来说:
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He wants Congress国会 to adopt采用 a clean清洁 energy能源 standard标准
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他希望国会通过一个2030年达到80%比例的
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of 80 percent百分 by 2030,
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清洁能源标准。
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in other words, that you'd have to get 80 percent百分
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换言之,各州将必须在2030年达到
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of your energy能源 from clean清洁 sources来源 by the year 2030.
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80%的能源来自于清洁能源。
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Why not ask all of the states状态 to do that instead代替?
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为什么不直接让各州这样做?
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And imagine想像 what might威力 happen发生,
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想象一下那可能会导致什么发生,
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because every一切 region地区 has something to offer提供.
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因为每个地区都有一些东西可以提供。
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You might威力 take states状态 like Iowa爱荷华州 and Ohio俄亥俄州 --
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比如像爱荷华州和俄亥俄州---
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two very important重要 political政治 states状态, by the way --
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两个政治上非常重要的州---
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those two governors州长, and they would say,
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这两位州长,他们会说,
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we're going to lead the nation国家 in producing生产
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我们要在全国带头生产
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the wind turbines涡轮机 and the wind energy能源.
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风力发电机和风能。
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You might威力 say the solar太阳能 states状态, the sun太阳 belt,
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在比如那些太阳州,日照充足的州,
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we're going to be the states状态 that produce生产 solar太阳能 energy能源 for the country国家,
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他们会说我们要为全国提供太阳能,
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and maybe Jerry杰瑞 Brown棕色 says, "Well, I'm going to create创建
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或许杰里 · 布朗会说:“嗯,我要在
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an industry行业 cluster in California加州
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加利福尼亚州创建一个产业集群
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to be able能够 to produce生产 the solar太阳能 panels面板
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来生产太阳能接收板,
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so that we're not buying购买 them from China中国
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这样我们就不需要从中国买进它们
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but we're buying购买 them from the U.S."
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而是从美国购买太阳能接收板。"
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In fact事实, every一切 region地区 of the country国家 could do this.
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事实上,这个国家的每一个地区都可以这样做,
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You see, you've got solar太阳能 and wind opportunity机会 all across横过 the nation国家.
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想一想,全国都可以找到获取太阳能和风能的机会。
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In fact事实, if you look just at the upper and northern北方 states状态
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事实上,西面的上部和北部的各州
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in the West西, they could do geothermal地热,
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他们可以开发地热,
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or you could look at Texas德州 and say,
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而如德克萨斯州会说:
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we could lead the nation国家 in the solutions解决方案 to smart聪明 grid.
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我们可以领导全国的智能电网发展方案。
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In the middle中间 eastern states状态 which哪一个 have access访问 to forests森林
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中东部有森林资源和农业废料的各州,
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and to agricultural农业的 waste浪费, they might威力 say,
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他们可能会说:
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we're going to lead the nation国家 in biofuels生物燃料.
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我们要去引领全国的生物燃料研究。
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In the upper northeast东北, we're going to lead the nation国家
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东北上部地区会说:我们要领导全国的
09:51
in energy能源 efficiency效率 solutions解决方案.
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能源效率解决方案。
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Along沿 the eastern seaboard海岸, we're going to lead the nation国家
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东部沿海地区可以说:我们要引领全国的
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in offshore海上 wind.
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海上风力发电。
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You might威力 look at Michigan密歇根州 and say, we're going to lead the nation国家
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再如密歇根州可以说:我们要将在
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in producing生产 the guts胆量 for the electric电动 vehicle车辆, like the lithium ion离子 battery电池.
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生产电动汽车内部零配件方面引领全国,比如锂离子电池。
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Every一切 region地区 has something to offer提供,
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每个区域都有一些东西可以提供,
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and if you created创建 a competition竞争,
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这样如果创立一个竞争机制,
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it respects尊重 the states状态 and it respects尊重 federalism联邦制.
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它即能尊重各州,也能尊重联邦制度。
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It's opt-in选择参加. You might威力 even get Texas德州 and South Carolina卡罗来纳州,
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各州都可选择加入。甚至德克萨斯州和南卡罗莱纳州
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who didn't opt选择 into the education教育 Race种族 to the Top最佳,
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这些未加入“力争上游教育计划”的州
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you might威力 even get them to opt选择 in. Why?
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都可能加入。为什么?
10:23
Because Republican共和党人 and Democratic民主的 governors州长
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因为共和党和民主党的州长们
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love to cut ribbons缎带.
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都喜欢剪彩带。
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We want to bring带来 jobs工作. I'm just saying.
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我们想要创造就业机会。
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And it fosters福斯特 innovation革新 at the state level水平
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在这些民主实验室里
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in these laboratories实验室 of democracy民主.
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孕育着国家级别的创新。
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Now, any of you who are watching观看 anything about politics政治 lately最近
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现在,你们中任何最近在关注着政治的人
10:41
might威力 say, "Okay, great idea理念, but really?
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可能会说:"好吧,这是个好主意,但真的可行吗?
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Congress国会 putting four and a half billion十亿 dollars美元 on the table?
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国会能通过45亿美元的议案吗?
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They can't agree同意 to anything."
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他们不能就任何事达成一致。“
10:49
So you could wait and go through通过 Congress国会,
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所以你们可以等待国会通过,
10:52
although虽然 you should be very impatient不耐烦.
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尽管你们应该要很不耐心。
10:55
Or, you renegades叛徒, we could go around Congress国会.
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或者我们可以绕过国会。
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Go around Congress国会.
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绕过国会。
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What if we created创建 a private私人的 sector扇形 challenge挑战 to the governors州长?
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如果我们给州长们创立一个私营机构资助的竞争机制呢?
11:11
What if several一些 of the high-net高网 worth价值 companies公司
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如果在座的几家高市值的公司
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and individuals个人 who are here at TEDTED decided决定
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和个人决定
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that they would create创建, band together一起, just a couple一对 of them,
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他们将携手创立,只要他们中的几个,
11:24
and create创建 a national国民 competition竞争 to the governors州长
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来为州长们建立一个全国性的竞争机制
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to have a race种族 to the top最佳
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让他们力争上游
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and see how the governors州长 respond响应?
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看看州长们将作何反应?
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What if it all started开始 here at TEDTED?
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如果说所有的这一切都是从TED这里开始的呢?
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What if you were here
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如果当你们在这里时
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when we figured想通 out how to crack裂纹 the code
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我们想出了如何攻破难题
11:45
to create创建 good paying付款 jobs工作 in America美国 -- (Applause掌声) --
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在美国创造好的高薪工作(掌声)
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and get national国民 energy能源 policy政策
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并制订出国家能源政策
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and we created创建 a national国民 energy能源 strategy战略 from the bottom底部 up?
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同时我们从最底层出发制订了一个国家能源战略呢?
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Because, dear TEDstersTEDsters,
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我们可以做到,因为,亲爱的TED听众们,
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if you are impatient不耐烦 like I am,
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如果你们像我一样没有耐心,
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you know that our economic经济 competitors竞争对手,
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你们应该了解我们的经济竞争对手们、
12:10
our other nations国家, are in the game游戏
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其他国家们都处在这个游戏中
12:13
and are eating us for lunch午餐.
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都在和我们抢夺午餐。
12:16
And we can get in the game游戏 or not.
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我们可以处在这个游戏之中,也可以不在。
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We can be at the table or we can be on the table.
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我们可以在站在桌边也可以在坐在桌上。
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And I don't know about you,
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虽然我并不了解你们,
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but I prefer比较喜欢 to dine用餐.
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但我更喜欢在坐在桌上用餐。
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Thank you all so much. (Applause掌声)
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谢谢。(掌声)
Translated by Jiewei Zhang
Reviewed by Tony Sun

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jennifer Granholm - Former governor of Michigan
A former two-term governor of Michigan, Jennifer M. Granholm makes the case for empowering states to create jobs through a Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top.

Why you should listen

Jennifer M. Granholm was elected governor of Michigan in 2002, and in 2006, she was re-elected with the largest number of votes ever cast for governor in Michigan. As governor, Granholm led the state through a brutal economic downturn that resulted from a meltdown in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. She worked relentlessly to diversify the state’s economy, strengthen its auto industry, preserve the advancedmanufacturing sector, and add new, emerging sectors, such as clean energy, to Michigan’s economic portfolio. 

During her tenure, she pioneered clean energy policies, working with business and labor, Republicans and Democrats to create new economic opportunities in Michigan. In 2005, the Granholm economic development team put together an aggressive strategy to make Michigan the hub of clean-energy development in North America by developing entire supply chains in Michigan, fostering critical partnerships between industry, government and researchers and by creating economic incentives that made Michigan the place to locate. Granholm’s plan included specific clustering strategies targeted at battery manufacturing, bio-energy, solar and wind power. Her leadership attracted to Michigan more than 89,000clean energy jobs and $9.4 billion in investments in that sector.  By the time she left office at the start of 2011, Michigan’s economy was rebounding and Gallup listed Michigan as state with the most improved jobs climate. 

Her book A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future tells how Michigan pioneered ways out of an economic storm and offers  advice for a nation desperate to create jobs.  

 

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