跟随波士顿红袜队首席财务官探秘芬威球场 | Business Insider：英语精读讲义

Hi, I'm Willy Appelman.

嗨，我是 Willy Appelman。

I am in Boston today.

我今天在波士顿。

I'm heading to Fenway Park.

我正前往芬威球场。

I'm going to be meeting with the CFO of the Red Sox. 講解

我要去见红袜队的首席财务官。

We're going to be talking about the business side of baseball. 文化背景

我们会聊聊棒球的商业运作。

Also, I brought my mitt,

另外，我还带了棒球手套，

just in case you're looking for players with little to no baseball experience. 短語搭配

万一你们正好在找几乎没有甚至完全没有棒球经验的球员呢。

But first, I got to get my rental car. 語法

不过首先，我得去取租来的车。

Here we go.

出发吧。

This process is super easy.

这个流程超级简单。

I already booked a mid-size car online with National, 短語搭配

我已经在 National 网上预订了一辆中型车，

and since I'm an Emerald Club member,

而且因为我是 Emerald Club 会员，

not to brag, 語氣意圖

不是想炫耀啊，

I get to bypass the counter and head right to the Emerald aisle 講解

我可以不用去柜台，直接前往 Emerald Aisle

and choose any car I want.

随便挑一辆我想要的车。

Let's go with this. 短語動詞

就选这辆吧。

Time for Fenway.

该去芬威球场了。

Okay, I could definitely get used to this. 短語搭配

好吧，我肯定能习惯这种感觉。

Hey Tim.

嗨，Tim。

Hey Willy, how are you?

嗨，Willy，你好吗？

Welcome to Fenway Park.

欢迎来到芬威球场。

Yeah, I'm doing well.

嗯，我挺好的。

Oh, thank you so much.

哦，太感谢了。

This is so exciting.

真是太让人兴奋了。

I just I'm just really um I'm ready,

我只是……我真的，呃，已经准备好了，

you know, I'm ready to be here.

你知道，我已经准备好来这里了。

Yeah, I see I see you brought your glove.

对，我看到了，你带了手套。

Yeah, just cuz I thought,

对，因为我想着，

you know, tomorrow's opening day, 文化背景

你知道，明天就是揭幕日，

and if you guys need any extra players,

要是你们还需要球员，

I uh I'm ready to try out or audition or whatever it is. 短語動詞

我，呃，已经准备好参加试训、试镜，管它叫什么都行。

Okay, but you know, I don't I don't make those decisions. 語氣意圖

好吧，但你也知道，这些事不是我说了算。

I'm I'm the CFO.

我……我是首席财务官。

Yeah, but you must have some influence. 語法

是啊，但你肯定还是有些影响力的。

Not as much as you would think about that. 語氣意圖

在这件事上，没你想象的那么大。

Right.

对。

Right.

对。

Cool.

酷。

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

对，对，对。

So, as a CFO,

那么，作为首席财务官，

what do you...

你的……

What does your day-to-day look like? 短語搭配

你的日常工作是什么样的？

What I love about my job is

我喜欢这份工作的地方在于，

I I have oversight of almost every aspect of the business, you know. 用詞

我几乎可以统筹业务的方方面面。

So, whether that's what we spend on employees, 表達脈絡

无论是员工方面的支出，

what we spend on players,

球员方面的支出，

what we spend, you know, on travel,

差旅方面的支出，

what we spend on technology,

还是技术方面的支出，

you know, it's a complicated business

你知道，这是一项很复杂的业务，

with hundreds of employees around the world.

在世界各地有数百名员工。

What's your favorite part about the job?

这份工作你最喜欢的是什么？

Well, I would say that my favorite part is 語氣意圖

要我说，我最喜欢的是，

that every day's different, you know.

每天都不一样。

We're we're constantly looking for ways to serve our fans better. 短語搭配

我们一直在想办法更好地服务球迷。

We're constantly looking for ways to be innovative.

我们一直在寻找创新的方法。

It's it's exciting and it's never boring.

这很令人兴奋，而且永远不会无聊。

How how do you find,

你们是怎么找到……

not again, I'm not asking for me,

再说明一下，我不是替自己问，

I'm asking for a friend, 語氣意圖

我是替一个朋友问的，

how do you find new players?

你们是怎么发掘新球员的？

Well, you know,

这个嘛，

we have this vast expansive scouting division,

我们有一个规模庞大的球探部门，

you know, they're scouting across the world.

他们在世界各地物色球员。

You never know where that next great Red Sox player is going to be.

谁也不知道下一位出色的红袜队球员会在哪里出现。

So, we need to cover pretty much the entire globe.

所以，我们几乎得覆盖整个地球。

We have amateur scouts that cover all the high schools,

我们有负责发掘业余球员的球探，他们会考察所有高中，

all the colleges,

所有大学，

and they're divided up into regions.

并按地区划分职责。

So, we might have a scout that covers all of Texas. 用詞

比如，我们可能会安排一名球探负责整个得克萨斯州。

We might have a scout that covers all of California.

也可能安排一名球探负责整个加利福尼亚州。

And they're just road warriors. 習語

他们简直就是公路战士。

They're on the road constantly.

一直在四处奔波。

That travel seems so complex.

这样的差旅听起来太复杂了。

How do you manage all that?

你们怎么管理这一切？

Yeah, well, you know,

是啊，这个嘛，

obviously we're using all modes of transportation,

我们显然会使用各种交通方式，

but a lot of it happens on the ground with cars. 用詞

但很多地面行程都得靠汽车完成。

And I think one of the partnerships that's most effective for us

我觉得，对我们最有成效的合作项目之一

is the business rental program in partnership with Enterprise and National,

就是与 Enterprise 和 National 合作的企业租车计划，

because they have a whole host of services that help us move everybody around in cars. 短語搭配

因为他们提供一整套服务，帮助我们安排所有人的用车出行。

What's it like when a when a whole team goes to a city?

整支球队去一座城市时是什么情况？

You know, do the players get on a big bus? 短語搭配

球员们会坐一辆大巴吗？

Do the players like jump in a van?

还是会跳上一辆厢式车？

What's that like?

到底是怎样的？

Yeah, it depends on the city,

这要看是哪座城市，

but in Fort Myers, Florida,

但在佛罗里达州迈尔斯堡，

down in spring training, 文化背景

参加春训时，

all of the players they get a rental car

所有球员都会拿到一辆租来的车，

because it's sort of, you know,

因为，怎么说呢，

you you need they need the

他们需要有足够的

flexibility to be able to move around on their own.

灵活性，可以自行出行。

So, one of the more challenging aspects of our business is trying to come up with 短語動詞

所以，我们业务中一个比较棘手的问题，就是要想办法调集

150 to 200 rental cars

150 到 200 辆租赁汽车，

in Fort Myers for basically a six-week period

在迈尔斯堡供大家使用大约六周，

for all of our players

满足所有球员

and front office staff that need to be down there. 文化背景

以及需要前往当地的球队管理部门员工的需求。

How has travel changed since COVID-19? 語法

自新冠疫情以来，差旅发生了哪些变化？

Well, I think

嗯，我觉得，

when I think about it, you know,

仔细想想，

we were always a company

我们一直都认为，我们公司

that we we feel like are built on relationships,

是建立在人际关系之上的，

you know, whether it's sponsor relationships,

无论是与赞助商的关系，

season ticket relationships, player relationships.

还是与季票客户、球员的关系。

And so, we always valued in person.

所以，我们一直很重视面对面的交流。

COVID caused us to pause that.

新冠疫情迫使我们暂停了这种方式。

We had to do, you know, things remotely.

我们不得不改为远程处理事情。

we we feel like there's so much more value

但我们觉得，真正更有价值的是

in those in those interactions taking place in person.

让这些互动面对面进行。

With all these changes,

经历了所有这些变化，

it feels like, you know, Red Sox Nation 文化背景

感觉“红袜国度”

needs maybe one more player in the fold. 習語

或许还需要再添一名球员。

Yeah, no, I think I think we're we're pretty okay there. 語氣意圖

不，我觉得我们在这方面已经完全没问题了。

But, you know, we did get you a jersey,

不过，我们确实给你准备了一件球衣，

you know.

你知道。

We did get you a jersey. 語法

我们真的给你准备了一件球衣。

You can sort of feel like 語氣意圖

这样你多少能感觉

you're part of the team.

自己也是球队的一员。

Has your name on the back.

背后还印着你的名字。

Oh my gosh!

我的天啊！

Tim!

Tim！

Number 11.

11 号。

I can get into the dugout with this? 文化背景

我穿着它能进球员休息区吗？

No.

不能。

I'll get special access on the field?

我能获得进入球场的特殊权限吗？

Uh uh Probably not, actually.

呃……其实可能不行。

Yeah.

好吧。

Yeah.

好吧。

Cool.

酷。

Cool.

酷。

Cool.

酷。

Can I get into the player after party?

那我能参加球员的赛后派对吗？

Definitely not.

绝对不行。

But, it looks great on you.

不过，你穿起来很好看。

Thank you so much, Tim.

太感谢你了，Tim。

Thanks, man.

谢了，兄弟。

What a great day.

今天真是太棒了。

I got the inside 習語

我打听到了红袜队的

scoop on the Red Sox,

内幕消息，

and I think I'm part of the team now.

而且我觉得自己现在也是球队的一员了。

These people want autographs.

这些人想要我的签名。

Sorry, I'm not signing autographs.

抱歉，我不签名。

Hey!

嘿！

Man, it's crazy.

天啊，真是太疯狂了。

The fans are nuts. 用詞

球迷们太狂热了。

I got to get out

我得赶紧离开

of here.

这里。