英语阅读名人传记安迪克劳夫

安迪·克劳夫(英特尔创始人)

Andy Grove

Interviewer: So how much now do you think of your success is marketing, and how much of it is technology?

Andy Grove: You know, for a long time I’ve thought about this and had to answer the question 1)internally a lot. And the best I can say is describing Intel as a three legged stool, and the three legs are design, technology and manufacturing, and marketing and sales. And if one of those legs is shorter than the others, the stool is gonna 2)tip over.

记者：那么你认为在现在的成功里，有多大部分因素归功于市场开发，多少归功于技术？

安迪·科劳夫：你知道，很久以来我都在考虑这个问题，在心里回答了这个问题很多次。最好的`说法是把英特尔描述成一张三脚凳，这三只脚分别代表策划、技术和生产、市场营销。如果当中的一只脚比其他两只要短，凳子就会翻倒。

1、internally [in5tE:nEli] ad. 在内部

2、tip [tip] v. 倾斜