为什么埃隆·马斯克会睡在特斯拉工厂？：英语精读讲义

Elon Musk is now worth $167 billion,

埃隆·马斯克现在的身价是1670亿美元，

and depending on when you're watching this video, 語法

根据你看这支视频的时间，

he could very well be worth even more. 語法

他的身价很可能还会更高。

Despite all the five-star hotels he could sleep in, 語法

尽管他完全可以去睡五星级酒店，

the Tesla CEO chooses to sleep at his factories.

这位特斯拉CEO却选择睡在他的工厂里。

Not just now and again, 習語

而且不仅是偶尔，

but often.

而是经常如此。

That's what he did during his recent visit to the Gigafactory under construction in Berlin,

他最近视察柏林在建的超级工厂时就是这么做的，

Tesla's first vehicle factory in Europe

那是特斯拉在欧洲的第一家汽车工厂，

that will start turning out Model Ys this year. 短語動詞

今年将开始生产Model Y。

Where do you sleep tonight?

你今晚睡哪儿？

Tonight it's in the factory.

今晚睡在工厂里。

In the factory.

在工厂里。

Not in a hotel.

不是在酒店里。

Technically, a conference room in the factory,

严格来说，是工厂里的一个会议室，

but yeah.

不过是的。

You sleep in a conference room in the not-finished factory tonight.

你今晚要在还没完工的工厂会议室里睡觉。

Yeah, it gives me a good feel for what's going on. 短語搭配

是的，这能让我很好地感知正在发生的事情。

Alone or

一个人还是……

Yeah, I just assume so.

是的，我猜是吧。

This is an invitation?

这是个邀请吗？

Kidding aside, 表達脈絡

玩笑归玩笑，

he's been doing this for years,

他这么做已经好几年了，

including camping on the roof

包括在内华达沙漠里的

of Tesla's battery factory in the Nevada desert.

特斯拉电池工厂屋顶上露营。

And he showed CBS exactly where he slept

他向CBS展示了他在加州弗里蒙特

at Tesla's manufacturing plant in Fremont, California.

特斯拉制造工厂里的确切睡觉地点。

I sleep on the couch over there.

我睡在那边的沙发上。

Last time I was here,

上次我来的时候，

I actually slept literally on the floor

我其实是真的睡在地板上，

because the couch was too narrow.

因为那沙发太窄了。

When things get really intense,

当工作变得非常紧张时，

I don't have time to go home and shower and change,

我没有时间回家洗澡换衣服，

so I just sleep here.

所以我就直接睡在这里。

Saving time isn't the only reason he sleeps at work.

节约时间并不是他在公司睡觉的唯一原因。

It's just his style.

这就是他的风格。

He explains that he doesn't want to be one of those CEOs in an ivory tower, 習語

他解释说，他不想成为那种待在象牙塔里的CEO，

far removed from the hardships his employees face on the front line. 講解

远离他的员工在前线所面临的艰辛。

He says he wants his pain to be worse than theirs.

他说他希望自己所受的苦比员工更多。

There's no question his employees have had to endure a lot

毫无疑问，他的员工不得不忍受很多

to get Tesla to where it is today. 語法

才让特斯拉达到今天的地位。

The company delivered nearly half a million cars in 2020,

公司在2020年交付了近50万辆汽车，

a stunning achievement

这是一项惊人的成就，

considering it was just a month away from bankruptcy a few short years ago, 表達脈絡

考虑到几年前它曾因努力量产Model 3

as it struggled to mass-produce the Model 3.

而距离破产仅有一个月的时间。

In 2018,

在2018年，

Tesla planned on producing 5,000 Model 3s every week,

特斯拉计划每周生产5000辆Model 3，

but only managed about 800 a week

但当年头三个月，

in the first three months of that year.

每周却只能勉强生产大约800辆。

Frankly, we're going to be in production hell. 習語

坦白说，我们将陷入产能地狱。

Um

嗯

Welcome.

欢迎。

Welcome.

欢迎。

Part of the problem was that Tesla relied on too much automation 語法

部分原因在于特斯拉过度依赖自动化，

or too many robots too early,

或者过早使用了太多机器人，

and any issue would cause the entire assembly line to stop. 語法

任何问题都会导致整条装配线停摆。

The human staff was also overworked,

人类员工也处于过度工作的状态，

exhausted,

筋疲力尽，

and according to a report in the Guardian,

据《卫报》的一份报告称，

even passing out on the factory floor. 短語動詞

甚至有人在工厂地板上晕倒。

In response to this article, 短語搭配

作为对该文章的回应，

Musk said he cared deeply about the health and safety of his employees,

马斯克表示他深切关心员工的健康和安全，

and emphasized that Tesla's safety record 短語搭配

并强调自那以后，特斯拉的安全记录

had improved significantly since then.

已经得到了显著的改善。

But shortly after,

但没过多久，

Tesla was hit by another claim 短語搭配

特斯拉又遭遇了另一起

of high injury rates at the factory. 短語搭配

关于工厂高工伤率的指控。

So Musk responded with an all-staff email

于是马斯克发了一封全员邮件作为回应，

that's been applauded by leadership experts.

这封邮件受到了领导力专家们的赞扬。

He wrote,

他写道：

"No words can express how much I care about your safety and well-being. 語法

“无法用言语表达我有多么关心你们的安全和福祉。

It breaks my heart when someone is injured building cars 習語

当有人在造车并努力让特斯拉成功的过程中受伤，

and trying their best to make Tesla successful."

我的心都碎了。”

He went on to say he'd meet with every injured employee 短語動詞

他接着说他会去见每一位受伤的员工，

and would go down to the production line

并会亲自下到生产线上，

and perform the same task that they perform.

去执行他们所做的同样的任务。

It's not certain whether he actually met with every single injured person,

目前尚不确定他是否真的见过了每一位伤者，

but this hands-on approach was clear evidence 用詞

但这种亲力亲为的做法清楚地证明了

that he's willing to put himself at the very heart of problem-solving. 習語

他愿意将自己置身于解决问题的核心位置。

And sleeping in factories could go a long way toward inspiring his employees 短語搭配

而在工厂睡觉能在很大程度上激励他的员工

to make Tesla an overwhelming success

通过帮助世界向可持续能源过渡

by helping the world transition to sustainable energy. 短語搭配

来让特斯拉取得压倒性的成功。

Tesla aims to produce 20 million cars a year by 2030.

特斯拉的目标是到2030年每年生产2000万辆汽车。

That's 40 times what it produced in 2020. 語法

这是它在2020年产量的40倍。

Only an insane amount of hard work will get Tesla there.

只有付出极其疯狂的努力才能让特斯拉达成这个目标。

Musk says at times he's clocked in more than 120 hours a week, 短語動詞

马斯克说，有时他每周工作超过120小时，

a work ethic that he adopted early on, 短語搭配

这种职业道德是他在很早以前就养成的，

when he and his brother Kimbal founded their first company,

当时他和弟弟金巴尔创立了他们的第一家公司

Zip2,

Zip2，

which was like an internet version of the Yellow Pages. 文化背景

这就像是一个互联网版的黄页。

They only had one computer,

他们只有一台电脑，

so the website ran during the day

所以网站在白天运行，

while they coded at night.

而他们则在晚上写代码。

They also slept at the office because they didn't have an apartment,

他们也睡在办公室里，因为他们没有公寓，

and luckily they could shower at the YMCA. 文化背景

幸运的是，他们可以在基督教青年会（YMCA）洗澡。

He doesn't expect his employees to camp out at work, 短語動詞

他不指望他的员工在公司打地铺，

but does expect them to spend a lot of waking hours there. 短語搭配

但确实期望他们把很多醒着的时间花在那里。

During that painful production ramp-up of the Model 3, 用詞

在Model 3艰难爬坡量产的那段时期，

staff was working 100 hours a week.

员工每周工作100个小时。

That's the equivalent of 14 hours a day, 短語搭配

这相当于每天工作14小时，

seven days a week.

每周工作七天。

Critics say he pushed his workers to the brink. 習語

批评者说他把工人逼到了崩溃的边缘。

Musk said there was no other way to meet Tesla's production targets. 講解

马斯克说，没有其他办法能达到特斯拉的生产目标。

The company bounced back 短語動詞

公司后来触底反弹，

and exceeded its delivery goals in the second half of 2019. 短語搭配

并在2019年下半年超额完成了交付目标。

Tesla is now the most valuable car company in the world

随着股价持续飙升，

as the stock price continues to soar. 習語

特斯拉现在是世界上最有价值的汽车公司。

Musk's rocket company,

马斯克的火箭公司，

SpaceX,

SpaceX，

is also soaring, 表達脈絡

同样也在飙升，

literally,

字面意义上的飙升，

as it tests out prototypes of the massive Starship system 短語動詞

因为它正在测试巨型星舰系统的原型，

that plans to send people to the Moon and Mars.

该系统计划将人类送往月球和火星。

Even though his companies' futures look bright,

尽管他的公司的未来看起来一片光明，

the CEO says it's no time to slow down. 短語搭配

这位CEO却表示现在不是放慢脚步的时候。

He once explained that if someone is working 50 hours a week

他曾经解释说，如果有人每周工作50小时，

and you're working 100,

而你每周工作100小时，

you'll get twice as much done in the course of a year 講解

你就会在一年内完成两倍的工作量，

and be that much further ahead.

并因此取得大得多的领先优势。

Perhaps this mentality is the reason that on Glassdoor reviews, 文化背景

也许这种心态就是为什么在Glassdoor的评价中，

only 65% of Tesla employees recommend working there

只有65%的特斯拉员工推荐在那里工作，

compared with 85% who recommend Apple. 短語搭配

而相比之下，有85%的人推荐苹果。

That doesn't mean people don' want to be hired at Tesla.

这并不意味着人们不想被特斯拉录用。

They just recognize

他们只是认识到，

it's a demanding place to work. 用詞

这是一个要求很高的工作场所。

As Musk himself has admitted,

正如马斯克自己所承认的那样，

there are way easier places to work, 用詞

有很多比这轻松得多的工作地点，

but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.

但从来没有人靠着每周工作40小时就改变了世界。

So his couch sleeping will probably continue.

所以他睡沙发的日子可能还会继续。

Though he might find it somewhat more comfortable now.

不过他现在可能会觉得稍微舒服一点了。

A YouTuber named Ben Sullins

一位名叫本·苏林斯的YouTuber

started a GoFundMe to get Musk a bigger couch. 文化背景

在GoFundMe上发起众筹，想给马斯克买个大点的沙发。

A furniture company caught wind of it 習語

一家家具公司听说了这件事，

and offered one up for free. 短語動詞

免费提供了一个。

The money raised ended up going to charity. 短語動詞

筹集到的资金最终捐给了慈善机构。

So when do you think Tesla will be able

那么，你认为特斯拉什么时候能够

to produce 20 million cars a year?

实现年产2000万辆汽车的目标？

Do you think it'll happen by 2030,

你认为会在2030年实现，

earlier,

更早，

or later?

还是更晚？

Let me know.

请告诉我。

And if you like what you saw,

如果你喜欢你所看到的视频，

as always,

像往常一样，

give it a like

请点个赞

and don't forget to subscribe to my channel.

并且别忘了订阅我的频道。

And thank you very much to my patrons

也非常感谢我的Patreon赞助者

for your support.

对我的支持。

I'm Cindy Pom

我是辛迪·庞，

and I'll see you next time.

我们下次再见。