How many of you have been to Oklahoma City?

你們當中有幾位到過俄克拉荷馬市?

How many of you have not been to Oklahoma City

Most of you. Let me give you a little bit of background.

大部分的人啊 那給個背景資料好了

the federal government held what they called

and the settlers roared across the countryside

The citizens got together on that first day

but it allows me to see what type of audience

I'm dealing with, so I appreciate the feedback.

The 20th century was fairly kind to Oklahoma City.

so the price of cotton or the price of wheat,

and ultimately the price of oil and natural gas.

The shopping cart was invented in Oklahoma City.

購物手推車是在俄克拉荷馬市發明的

The parking meter, invented in Oklahoma City.

停車收費器也是在俄克拉荷馬市發明的

that relates to commodities can give you some ups and some downs,

and that was certainly the case in Oklahoma City's history.

確實也在俄克拉荷馬市的歷史上發生過

that the price of energy would never retreat,

and then in the early 1980s, it cratered quickly.

100 banks had failed in the state of Oklahoma.

俄克拉荷馬市已有一百家銀行倒閉

Our banking industry, our oil and gas industry,

我們的銀行業，石油和氣油產業，

were all at the bottom of the economic scale.

Young people were leaving Oklahoma City in droves

年輕人成群結隊地離開俄克拉荷馬市

for Washington and Dallas and Houston and New York and Tokyo,

到華盛頓、達拉斯、休斯頓、紐約、東京等城市

anywhere where they could  find a job that measured up

because in Oklahoma City, the good jobs just weren't there.

因為在俄克拉荷馬市，好工作已不復存在了

事後成了市長 他叫羅納德•諾裡克

首要做的並不是先給予公司獎勵

it was about creating a place where businesses wanted to locate,

而是創造一個企業會想來長駐的地方

and so he pushed an initiative called MAPS

所以他推動了「都會區域計畫」(MAPS)

that basically was a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax

基本上就是每一美元就收走一分錢的銷售稅

建造了位於城市商業區的新運河

a lot of things to improve the quality of life.

他開始為孩子推出「都會區域計畫」

rebuilt the entire inner city school system,

all 75 buildings either built anew or refurbished.

全部75棟建築物不是新建就是翻修

Now you know the lists I'm talking about.

現在你就懂我說的是什麼列表了

when they came out with these positive lists and we were on there.

我們的名字出現在這些正面的排名上

but we were on the list, we were somebody.

但卻出現在排名上，我們是大人物了

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