Chapter 1: Prologue [2:45]
第一章: 序言
NARRATOR: As the 20th century drew to its close, and our new century began, the battle over the world economy intensified. Some people feared globalization and questioned the benefits. Others welcomed it.
旁白: 随着二十世纪的即将结束和二十一世纪的很快来临,世界经济体竞争也在不断加剧。一些人害怕全球化的浪潮,对它能带来的好处持怀疑态度,而另外一些人则持欢迎态度。
RICHARD CHENEY, U.S. Vice President: Milli##被过滤## of people a day are better off than they would have been without those trade developments, without globalization. And very few people have been harmed by it.
切尼,美国副总统: 如果没有贸易发展和全球化,每天会有数百万人的经济状况不会象现在这么好。没有什么人因为贸易发展和全球化而受到伤害。
NARRATOR: As the terrible events of September 11 drove the world deeper into a recession, new questi##被过滤## emerged about the perils of the new world economy. Can our now deeply interconnected world surmount a global downturn and rise above other crises? And is global terrorism the dark side of the promise of globalization?
旁白:9-11事件将世界经济推入到更严重的衰退中,随之出现有关新世界经济所面临的危险的新问题,密切联系的世界能否度过当前全球性的低迷时期并从危机中恢复呢?而全球恐怖主义又是不是全球化浪潮的阴暗面呢?
BILL CLINTON, U.S. President, 1993-2001: You can't get away from the fact that globalization makes us interdependent. So it's not an option to shed it. So is it going to be on balance positive or negative?
克林顿,美国总统,1993-2001:你不能无视全球化使我们互相依赖这个事实,因此无法选择摆脱它。那么总体来说它会是正面的还是负面的呢?
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