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Timing is everything in business.
做生意时 时机就是一切
Everybody wants to be the first mover.
谁都希望首先行动
Everybody wants to be on the bleeding edge, or the cutting edge.
谁都希望能够获得巨大的优势
You have to be on the pulse of the moment.
你必须要把握住时代的脉搏
Timing in business is just like timing in life.
生意中的时机就像生命中的时机
It is perhaps as important as any other single factor.
它的作用可能不比其它任何因素小
Construction of the Niagara Power Station is continuing at a blistering pace.
尼亚加拉瀑布电站的建设正在高速推进
Workmen are almost finished with a 2.5-mile-long tunnel.
工人们几乎已经完成了2.5英里长的隧道
And it won't be long until water shoots through it......powering turbines the size of houses.
水要不了多久 就将开始流过这里 为房屋大小的涡轮提供动力
Those turbines will generate enough electricity to light up the entire northeast.
这些涡轮将产生足够电力点亮整个东北部
Morgan knows that to win the contract,he'll need to eliminate the competition.
摩根知道 想要赢得合同 他必须除掉竞争
Tesla and Westinghouse are making headway with alternating current.
特斯拉和威斯汀豪斯正在交流电上取得进展
But after their company's rapid expansion,Westinghouse is drowning in debt.
但在公司快速扩张的同时 威斯汀豪斯被淹没在了债务之中
And his business is struggling to stay afloat.
他的公司正在为了存活而拼命挣扎
J.P. Morgan sees an opportunity to take advantage of his vulnerability.
J·P·摩根看到了利用这一脆弱性的机会
