来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场 第15集 第15集》

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  What happens in corporate America--he moves up that ladder.
  美国企业的实际情况是 这样的人得以频频升职
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  There's a good show, "How to Succeed in Business,"
  这很好的说明了 如何在商业领域取得成功
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  that was out many years ago that sort of sums it up.
  这样的现象存在很多年了
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  If you say--if a genius has an idea in corporate America
  如果美国企业中出现了一位天才
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  --the genius has an idea;
  天才有一个天才的想法
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  the next idea is, they give him an idea to resign.
  接下来天才就要"被辞职"了
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  So, he moves along the ladder
  因此 平庸者得以上位
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  and he gets up slowly up to the top.
  并且慢慢向着顶尖的位子奋斗
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  Now he has two attributes: he's likeable, he's politically astute
  他有两个特点 招人喜爱 政治敏锐
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  and he's a survivor--he's
  他是一个幸存者
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  not really a threat and he gets to the top.
  不会对谁构成威胁 他向着顶端努力
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  These are the attributes of today's CEOs for the most part,
  这就是当今大部分首席执行官的共同特点