-There's a less familiar story about COVID-19.

-關(guān)于新冠病毒有一個鮮為人知的事情。

-The crisis is boosting innovation,with the emergence of brand new ideas.

-這次疫情推動了科技創(chuàng)新，因為疫情期間涌現(xiàn)了很多嶄新的想法。

mRNA vaccine,a new technology

mRNA疫苗，新科技中的一項。

-And with the application of existing ones in surprising new ways.

-同時，現(xiàn)有科技的應用也正以嶄新的方式出現(xiàn)在大家面前。

The crisis has caused an acceleration in adoption of technology.

此次疫情加速了人們對科技的應用。

-This is pushing the world further into the future.

-這將世界進一步推向未來。

We've had to build more airplanes and we ever have before.

我們不得不制造比以往更多的飛機。

-Often a breakneck speed.（聽不太清我猜的）

-通常以驚人的速度。

We just passed on 250 million pounds.（聽不太清我猜的）

我們剛剛轉(zhuǎn)賬了2.5億英鎊。

-Businesses are being forced to adapt.

-企業(yè)正被迫適應。

Well. 你好。

Oh,thank you,amazing.喔，謝謝您，真好。

-Or face extinction.

-否則將面臨倒閉。

Another hammer blow to britain's retail sector.

這是對英國零售業(yè)的又一次沉重打擊。

-This upsurge of innovation will bring lasting change for good and bad.

-這一創(chuàng)新熱潮將帶來持久的變革，有好也有壞。

Could you get into your computer? ......

你能玩電腦嗎？...不能。

This is my kid's future.

這是我孩子的未來。

-So what lessons can be learned as the world looks towards the post pandemic era?

-那么我們能在世界展望疫情后時代的時候，學到什么呢？

There is an opportunity for innovation to stay at the cutting edge.

創(chuàng)新有機會保持在前沿。

How COVID-19 is boosting innovation 新冠疫情如何推動創(chuàng)新

I haven't seen this.Is this a new piece?

我沒見過這個。這是新的嗎？

what is this part?

這是啥？

This is the front of the fuse.

這是保險絲的前部。

Got it.

明白了。

-This is the headquarters of Zipline,a drone manufacturing company.

-這里是Zipline的總部，一個無人機制造公司。

This is 3D printed?yeah.

這是3D打印的？是的。

Oh,this is plastic now,yeah.

喔，這是塑料的，嗯沒錯。

Oh yeah,totally.

喔是的，完全沒錯。

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-Since the pandemic,the business has really taken off.

-自疫情以來，他的業(yè)務開始步入正軌。

-Drone technology has been around for a while.

-無人機技術(shù)已經(jīng)存在了一段時間。

-But during the pandemic,it's starting to realize its considerable potential.

-但在疫情期間，才開始意識到其巨大的潛力。

-With social distancing the new normal,hell systems around the world are now looking at drones as a new and better way to deliver products,such as blood,cancer treatments and vaccines.

-因為社會距離有了新常態(tài)，全世界的醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)都在研究無人機，作為交付產(chǎn)品更好的新方式，例如血、癌癥特效藥和疫苗。

Every hospital system and health system on earth is suddenly trying to reconfigure itself ,to a new reality to extend the reach of the hospital system directly into the home,enabling care closer to where patients live,so they have to travel less.

地球上的每個醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)和衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)突然間都要學會適應新的環(huán)境，擴大醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)的覆蓋面至家中，讓護理更接近患者居住的地方。所以他們必須減少流動。

It's more convenient and the patient takes less risk of getting infected if they need to access general care.

如果病人需要獲得綜合護理，這更方便，而且感染的風險更小。

-From Mid June to September 2020,Zipline delivered more than 100,000 medical products,as many as over the previous three years.

-從2020年6月中旬至9月，Zipline提供了超過100,000種醫(yī)療產(chǎn)品，和前三年的總量一樣多。

And we've done a few things that center wing covers are now.

我們做了一些事情，現(xiàn)在它有了一套翼蓋。

When did that change?

這是什么時候改變的？

Weeks ago.

幾周前。

-Perhaps the most significant change has come in countries with strict airspace laws.

-或許最重大的變化發(fā)生在了具備嚴格航空法的國家。

-In May 2020,an emergency license was issued in America,allowing Zipline to fly long range delivery drones through controlled air space for the first time,and in December,American regulators issued new rules,allowing drones to fly over people under night.

-2020年5月，美國發(fā)行了緊急許可證，首次允許Zipline公司在管制空域試飛遠程運輸無人機，而在12月，美國監(jiān)管機構(gòu)頒布了新的規(guī)定，允許無人機在夜間飛過人群上空。

-This looser approach is accelerating the shift towards more states receiving medical supplies,in a more efficient and productive way

-這種更寬松的方式，促進了更多國家以更高效、更具生產(chǎn)力的方式，接收醫(yī)療物資。

We're seeing hospital systems that previously thought they had 10 years to affect this kind of change,now trying to do this in one year.

我們見證了醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)，之前認為他們需要十年時間來做到這種改變，現(xiàn)在僅僅用了一年就做到了。

-Although drone filled skies are some way off,COVID-19 has also accelerated the conversation around the use of drones beyond healthcare,in a variety of new fields.

-雖然天空中都是無人機的夢想離我們還有一段距離，新冠疫情確實加速了這個進程，不僅在醫(yī)療保健之外使用無人機，還將其應用于許多新領(lǐng)域。

??????（完全聽不清...什么papiethere什么的）

我要把這個拿出來。

-Zipline has partnered with retail giant Walmart.

-Zipline與零售巨頭沃爾瑪合作。

-It's one of a number of companies due to begin trial deliveries of consumer products.

-它是既定開始試運輸消費者產(chǎn)品的公司之一。

I think it's been really easy for people to understand the value and there's a pretty intense sense of civic pride around the country leading the way in terms of showing how this new technology can save lives.

我認為人們很容易理解這其中的意義，他們還有一種強烈的公民自豪感，因為自己的國家率先展示了這項新技術(shù)如何拯救生命。

-This kind of rapid adoption of emerging technologies has been called tech acceleration.

-這種對新興技術(shù)的快速運用被稱為“技術(shù)加速”

速度是出神的形式，這是技術(shù)革命送給人的禮物。——《慢》

-And it's the type of innovation that has been given the biggest boost around the world by the pandemic.

-正是這種創(chuàng)新，在全球范圍疫情中發(fā)揮了最大的推動作用。

A classic example of tech acceleration was what happened in the national health service in England where a system to make possible video calling was effectively built over a weekend and then rolled out to doctors across the country.

這里有一個典型的技術(shù)加速的例子，那是一件發(fā)生在英國國家衛(wèi)生局的事，衛(wèi)生局一個周末就有效地建立了一個可以視頻通話的系統(tǒng)，然后向全國各地的醫(yī)生推廣。

4:58

-Text acceleration is pushing companies further and faster into the future.

-科技飛速發(fā)展，正推動公司邁向更遠更快的未來。

Exactly how many years into the future we've been pushed by this crisis.

未來的幾年里，我們究竟被這場危機推到了什么程度，這不好說。

？ it depends on the behavior,it depends on the country.（第一個詞聽不清我猜的）

這取決于我們的行為，取決于國家。

But it does seem to be sort of all for the order of five years.

但看起來有點像需要五年的樣子。

So welcome to 2025.

所以我們一起來期待下2025年吧。

-History shows that innovation often thrives during times of crisis.

-歷史表明，創(chuàng)新往往在危機時期蓬勃發(fā)展。

-Take the financial crash of 2008,which led to the widespread adoption of cloud computing.

-以2008年的金融危機為例，它加速了云計算的廣泛運用。

-The cloud had been around since the early two thousands,but it gained a new footing as the economic slowdown took hold

-云數(shù)據(jù)在21世紀初就已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了，但因為當時經(jīng)濟放緩，它獲得了一個新的立足點。

Companies were very often reluctant to try cloud computing.

公司通常不愿意嘗試云計算。

They thought it wasn't secure and then they gave it a try,found it was cheaper found it was more secure and cloud computing has expanded very rapidly.

他們覺得不安全，然后他們試了一下，發(fā)現(xiàn)它既便宜又安全，然后云計算就開始快速被應用起來。

-As well as accelerating the adoption of developing technologies,crises can also foster the development of entirely new ideas.

-除了加速正在發(fā)展科技的應用外，危急時刻也能促進全新思想的出現(xiàn)。

A good example of a crisis that led to lots of invention would be the second world war.

二戰(zhàn)就是危機促進大量發(fā)明的好例子。

So you get the first digital computers which you use for code braking,you get the first jet engines that paves the way for mass air travel,you get nuclear technology which is used for weapons,but can also be used to generate energy,and you also get the first rockets.

當時人們發(fā)明了第一臺電子計算機用來破譯代碼；發(fā)明了第一個噴氣發(fā)電機，為大眾航空旅行奠定了基礎(chǔ)；發(fā)明了核技術(shù)，可以用來制造武器，但也可以用來發(fā)電；人們還發(fā)明了第一支火箭。

-When it comes to new ideas,COVID-19 has left his mark in the field of medicine where researchers around the world have pioneered new techniques in the development of vaccines.

-談到新的想法的時候，新冠病毒在醫(yī)學領(lǐng)域留下了印記。全世界研究人員奮力發(fā)明新技術(shù)，研發(fā)疫苗。

This phenomenal work has been done multiple teams producing vaccines in months rather than years,using entirely new technologies in some cases,so these mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine and they seem to work extremely well,so that's very impressive example of invention

這項驚人的工作已經(jīng)完成了，很多團隊在短短幾個月而不是幾年就發(fā)明了疫苗。一些情況下運用了全新的技術(shù)，mRNA疫苗就是一種新的疫苗，他們發(fā)揮的效用非常大這是關(guān)于發(fā)明的令人印象深刻的例子。

We are collectively telling cafes pubs bars and restaurants to close.

我們集體要求咖啡館、酒吧和餐館關(guān)門。

-In most industries,the pandemic is boosted innovation by forcing companies to adopt new ways of doing things,purely as a matter of survival.

-大部分行業(yè)，疫情都促進了它們創(chuàng)新。因為疫情條件下各個行業(yè)都要尋求新的方式營業(yè)，只為不被淘汰。

We have innovated it from necessity.

我們必須創(chuàng)新。

-Even for Michelin Star restaurant owner David Moore.

-即使是米其林星級餐廳的老板，大衛(wèi)摩爾，也要創(chuàng)新。

-Lockdown forced him to place 90% of his staff on furlough.

-封鎖迫使他讓90%的員工休假。

-An emergency government scheme that pays the wages of workers.

-這是一項支付工人工資的緊急政府計劃。

For the business it meant we had no income.

我們的生意完全沒有收入。

I had thought that maybe we wouldn't be able to get back doing what we did before.

我之前想過，也許我們不能做我們之前做的業(yè)務了。

-So to save his business,David adopted something once unthinkable in the rarified world of fine dining.

-為了挽救自己的生意，大衛(wèi)采用了在高檔餐廳，讓人意想不到的方法。

-A takeaway.

-他決定做外賣餐。

-The restaurant turned this into this.

-餐廳由這種模式變成了這樣。

Oh,thank you,amazing.

喔，謝謝，真好。

-A heat at home Michelin Star ready meal.

-一頓熱騰騰的米其林星級外賣。

-Now the restaurant's vegan box has proven so popular,it has been rolled out nationwide.

-現(xiàn)在，餐廳的素食盒非常受歡迎，已經(jīng)在全國推廣。

I definitely see online as something that is staying with us.

我肯定會把網(wǎng)絡(luò)看作是一種與我們同在的東西。

It's totally invigorated the business.

是網(wǎng)絡(luò)使生意完全興隆起來。

-As businesses throughout the hospitality industry have been forced to adapt,the pandemic has fueled a rapid growth of the meal delivery industry.

-由于整個餐飲業(yè)都被迫適應，疫情推動了外賣經(jīng)濟的快速增長。

-Globally the total revenue of this industry is now expected to reach $182,000,000,000 by 2024,an increase of more than a third from the projected level in 2020.

-全球范圍內(nèi)，這個行業(yè)的總收入，預計到2024年將達到1820億美元，比2020年的預計水平增加了三分之一以上。

-When the pandemic recedes,the inevitive mindset many businesses have been forced to embrace,look set to linger.

-疫情消退時，許多企業(yè)不得不接受的創(chuàng)新思維方式，看起來會持續(xù)下去。

-For david,the unexpected success of his food delivery service,points to a hybrid model for the future,one that will allow his chefs to continue to innovate?in the kitchen.

-對大衛(wèi)來說，送餐服務的意外成功，這一現(xiàn)象也會對其未來的營業(yè)模式產(chǎn)生影響，一種可以讓他的廚師在廚房繼續(xù)創(chuàng)作的模式。

Home delivery is not going to finish fine dining.

送餐上門不會影響美食的口感。

Fine dining is here this day.

美味的餐品還是美味的。

People want to be looked after.

人們想要被關(guān)照的感覺。

9:46

They want the crisp linen and they want the waiters looking after them and they want no washing up afterwards

but while the pandemic has made innovation and necessity for some companies

it is also restricted opportunities for others

amidst the huge economic downturn

companies have been consolidating

the third quarter of 2020 was the busiest for mergers and acquisitions in three decades

a trend that is likely to tilt resources for new thinking and new ideas further towards big companies

by and large big companies can continue to invest

in difficult times

they can continue to take market share in a way that small companies can't

and so generally this is leading to a sort of greater inequality between companies

it's a sort of big gets bigger phenomenon

there are parts of america

you can only scout if you come in here

your international harvester dealer show

history also suggests that successful companies tend to start life more often in a good times than the bad

of the biggest american firms founded since 1970,more than 80 % were born during eras of growth

during economic downturns,life can be much harder for startups,which are so often the engines of innovation

but back in the booming world of online food delivery

some startups have found hungry investors

so we disclosed 250 million pounds

we just closed 250 million pounds

sisters ginny and ecky newton run karma kitchen

it's a startup that offers flexible kitchen space,known as ghost kitchens,to cooks and restaurants,catering mainly to the delivery market

while some ghost kitchens are owned by a single restaurant,chain karma kitchen has many different companies hot stationing under one roof

producing everything from west african doughnuts

to tandori curries

the company was founded two years ago

and the pandemic has transformed its fortunes

what would have taken us,potentially three years to achieve

it has now taken eight months in terms of market demand

the startup has recently opened its 2nd ghost kitchen in London

and it has another five sites under construction

it plans to build many more ghost kitchens in residential and office hotspots across europe

we want to open 60 kitchen facilities and that starts for us with the funding

the ambition of fast growing startups like karma kitchen can attract investors,but it can also end with a start up selling itself to a larger company with deeper pockets,and that brings its own risks

received from research on mergers and acquisitions

when an acquisition happens,the innovativeness of that small firm typically goes down

the question really is whether large

conglomerates will be able to feel these startups in order for them to carry the front in terms of innovation and for that innovation to then be disseminated

into the rest of the organization for many large and small companies

working from

home has been the most significant innovation to come out of the pandemic

but if you're putting your energy in focusing on

in 2020 covid 19 turned a little known tech firm into one of the success stories of the pandemic

at the start of the year,about 10 million people were taking part in meetings over zoom each day,but this had shot up to 300 million by April 2020,and the widespread adoption of remote working during the pandemic could lead to further innovation in future

more companies may be inclined to take risks and embrace new ideas in the coming years

they've discovered that actually working from home cam work really well

doesn't seem to make people less productive

they make people more productive,that will mean that

after the crisis

companies will be more willing to keep some of those behaviors

maybe have less business travel

maybe have more working from home

and maybe even dare to try other things that they were reluctant to

so it's just allowing them to be tested and not punishing people if they don't work

because that's just going to put them off

some of the most

groundbreaking ideas require the right

opportunity in circumstances

to demonstrate their value

two decades ago

e learning emerged as a radical new idea

predicted to transform the world of education

but such predictions fell flat

sending all students home for the rest of this semester after a corona virus outbreak on campus

until covid 19 struck and the potential of remote learning became clear

as week one of the questions that I had for you is

what thinking means to be healthy

the online education market is set to nearly quadruple between 2019

and 2026

the pandemic has really changed the culture insight educational institutions and made them more open to,to adopting e learning

online learning,democratizes learning to a great extent

it has allowed students to really customize learning to their needs

you could complete an entire degree online because you may be in a

part of the world where it's very difficult for you to commute to,to a university

the culture change

around online learning seems here to stay

but with it comes a reminder that new innovations

can also struggle to overcome some old challenges

for full time university student a mum of three

christina holly

studying before the pandemic was going well

every semester I got

um asian beads

I was meeting and beating my own expectations

and my kids are studying really hard

and grades were good

but now christina is unable to afford

the technology required to allow her family

to participate in the switch to e learning

having the transition to online education was terrible

there weren't enough

devices in the home

I want to try and restart the internet first

using one chromebook for three children is terrible

first of all their schedules were at the same time

so when you have all three of you have to start school

at unk on one chromebook

it's impossible

according to america's education department

nearly 1 in 8 children

do not

have internet access via a desktop or laptop at home

digital

learning looks likely to entrench social inequality

in the post pandemic world

the reliance of technology has really surfaced these

inequalities that existed before

but that were not

as present because everyone was in a room together

christina says that falling behind

could force her to become a part time student

and that this will reduce her financial aid

and affect her ability to pay for her college studies

I hate to even think about what that means

because this is my

my life you know this is my kids future

there is really

no other option for me other than school

this is

what I need to do in order to bring us out of poverty

many of the innovations that are

flourished during the crisis are centred

around digital technology

and will have become

part of everyday life

when the world returns to more ordinary times

technologists and policymakers

face the challenge of ensuring these

new innovations do not entrench inequality

but instead broaden opportunity

I think that this is really

an important

chance for humanity

to not only bring new technology to bear

but for the first time

bring it to bear in a way that is

equitable for humans on earth

hello I'm tom standard deputy editor at the economist

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