41) Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside agriculture.

　　擁有羅蘭德，先鋒國際就可以在農(nóng)業(yè)外的高科技市場放手一搏了。

　　42) Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide equally among all employees,so our profit-sharing checks were higher than if Pioneer had not purchased Norand.Additionally,my Pioneer stock was lower than it had been before the purchase of Norand.I was not pleased.

　　先鋒國際的老規(guī)律是拿出一定比例的年利潤平均分配給所有的雇員,所以我們分的的利潤比收購羅蘭德之前減少了，此外，先鋒國際的股票也比收購前下跌了，我很不高興。

　　43) The CEO of pioneer,Tom Urban,made annualformal visits to each of the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to employees’ concerns.

　　先鋒國際的CEO湯姆每年都到每個公司進行常規(guī)視察，向員工通報業(yè)務(wù)情況，聽員工們所關(guān)心的事情。

　　44) As I sat listening to him,I knew I could trust him,and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him and to Pioneer.

　　當我坐在那里聽他說話的時候，我知道我能夠信任他，我知道他值得我為他和先鋒國際奉獻出自己的忠誠。

　　45) In the brief moment of silence before the questions started,I recalled thinking that I would follow him into any battle.

　　在提問開始之前，那一瞬間的沉默中，我重新堅定了自己的信念，我將跟隨他在每一次戰(zhàn)役中沖鋒陷陣。

　　46) Man’s preoccupation with time derives ultimately from his unique relationship to it.All animals are changed by it.But only human can manipulate it.

　　人們對時間的關(guān)注來源于他們與時間的特殊關(guān)系。所有的動物都隨著時間的改變而改變，但是只有人類可以駕馭時間。

　　47) It can be argued that momeny and foresightedness are the essence of intelligence;that man’s ability to manupulate time,to employ both past and future as guides to present action,is what makes him human.

　　可以證明的是,記憶力和預(yù)見能力是智力的重要部分,人類之所以是人類就在于他具有駕馭時間的能力,他能用過去和將來指導當前的行為.]

　　48) But if the delay stretchs beyond 30 seconds.the animal is at a loss.It can no longer associate reward so far in the future with present action.

　　但是如果超出30秒,這種動物就會不知所措。它無法將當前的行為與未來的獎賞聯(lián)想到一起。

　　49) But after that time interval ,the monkey’s hunt for the food is no better than chances predicts.

　　但是過了這段時間間隔，猴子就只能靠自己找到食物了。

　　50) They can learn to stack four boxes,one atop the other,as a platform from which it can reach a hanging banana.They also carry their ability to cope with the present action by means of tools like human being.

　　他們會學著將4個盒子堆在一起，搭成一個臺子去拿掛著的香蕉，他們還會像人類那樣運用工具去解決當前的問題。