弗雷德·史密斯与联邦快递(1)

[00:00.00]Fred Smith and FedEx: The vision that changed the world#
弗雷德.史密斯与联邦快递：一个改变了世界的创想#

[00:05.20]Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white, and orange design touch down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee.#
每天夜晚，在田纳西州的孟菲斯机场，都有几百架带着白、紫、桔色图案的飞机降落。#

[00:16.43]What precedes this landing are package pickups from locations all over the United States earlier in the day.#
而在每天此前的早些时候，这些飞机都在美国各地收集包裹。#

[00:24.68]Crews unload the planes’cargo of more than half a million parcels and letters.#
工作人员从飞机上卸下的包裹及信件数量超过五十万之巨。#

[00:30.81]The rectangular packages and envelopes are rapidly reshuffled and sorted according to address,#
长方形的包裹和信封又在这里依据收件地址被迅速整理分拣，#

[00:38.39]then loaded onto other aircraft, and flown to their destinations to be dispersed by hand,#
然后装载上其他飞机，飞往各自的目的地，在那儿再由人工投递#

[00:45.70]many within 24 hours of leaving their senders.#
到这时很多邮件离开寄件人之手还不到 24 小时。#

[00:49.85]This is the culmination of a dream of Frederick. W. Smith,#
这是弗雷德里克.W.史密斯的终极梦想，#

[00:55.20]the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of the FedEx Corp,#
他就是联邦快递集团总裁、首席执行官及董事会主席。#

[01:02.32]known originally as Federal Express,#
最初为联邦快递#

[01:05.66]the largest and most successful overnight delivery service in the world.#
联邦快递集团是全球最大、最成功的隔夜送达服务企业。#

[01:10.94]Conceived when he was in college and now in its 28th year of operation,#
如今，史密斯这一源于大学时代的妙想已在现实中经营到了第 28 个年头，#

[01:17.06]Smith’s exquisite brainchild has become the standard for door-to-door package delivery.#
并已成为包裹快递入户行业的标杆。#

[01:24.01]Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur with an agreeable and winning personality,#
史密斯被公认为是一位和蔼可亲、性格迷人的杰出企业家。#

[01:30.95]Smith is held in high regard by his competitors as well as his employees and stockholders.#
无论是他的竞争者、员工，还是他公司股票的持有人，都对他十分敬重。#

[01:38.02]Fred Smith was just 27 when he founded FedEx.#
弗雷德.史密斯创建“联邦快递”时只有 27 岁。#

[01:42.88]Now, so many years later, he’s still the “captain of the ship”.#
现在多年过去了，他仍然坐在“掌门人”的位置上。#

[01:48.02]He attributes the success the company simply to leadership,#
他将公司的成功简单地归因于领导力，#

[01:53.04]something he deduced from his years in the military, and from his family.#
而这一推论则来自于他的军旅生涯及其家庭的影响。#

[01:58.08]Frederick Wallace Smith was born into a wealthy family clan on August 11, 1944 in Mississippi.#
弗雷德里克?华莱士?史密斯 1944 年 8 月 11 日出生于密西西比州一个富裕的家族。#

[02:06.78]His father died when he was just four years old.#
他四岁时父亲就离世了。#

[02:10.84]As a juvenile, Smith was an invalid, suffering from a disease that left him unable to walk normally.#
史密斯年少时被视为病残者，因为他得了一种病，使他无法正常行走。#

[02:19.23]He was picked on by bullies, and he learned to defend himself by swinging at them with his alloy walking stick.#
为此他常遭受坏孩子的侮辱捉弄，他学会了挥舞合金拐杖来保护自己。#

[02:26.92]Cured of the disease by the age of 10, he became a star athlete in high school, playing football, basketball, and baseball.#
十岁时他的病治好了，到了高中他则成了学校里的体育明星，足球、篮球、棒球样样能行。