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Uber Chief Caught on Camera Arguing with Driver

2017-03-02来源:VOA
This is What’s Trending Today.
这里是今日流行栏目。
You can order a ride from Uber in nearly every major city.
你几乎可以在每一个大城市使用优步叫车。
Uber has drivers working in more than 500 cities on six continents.
优步的司机在六大洲500多个城市工作。
While the ride-sharing service remains popular, 2017 is starting out as a difficult year for the company.
虽然拼车服务仍然很受欢迎,但2017年是优步艰难的一年。
A story published Tuesday on the Bloomberg news service’s website has a video of Uber’s chief executive officer (CEO) arguing with his driver.
周二,彭博新闻服务网站上发布了一则新闻,是优步首席执行官(CEO)与其司机争论的视频
Travis Kalanick is the Uber official.Fawzi Kamel is the driver.
特拉维斯·科拉尼克是优步的执行官。法齐·卡迈勒是司机。
The video of the two men was YouTube’s most popular Wednesday morning.It was seen over 1 million times in 24 hours.
这两个人的视频是星期三上午YouTube上最受欢迎的视频。 24小时内观看量超过100万次。
Kamel made the video in early February on the day of the Super Bowl, the championship of American football.
卡迈勒在2月初的超级碗,即美国橄榄球大赛产生冠军的那一天,制作了这个视频
The Uber chief is shown sitting with two women in the back seat of Kamel’s car.
优步的首席执行官与两名女子坐在卡迈勒的车后排。
Kalanick and the women are talking about the company’s recent troubles.
科拉尼克和这两名女子正在谈论公司最近的问题。
The problems include Uber’s testing of self-driving cars and reports of workers making unwanted sexual comments.There also is a court case with Google based on claims that one Uber employee stole secrets about self-driving car technology.
这些问题包括,优步对自驾车的测试,以及关于工人进行不必要的性评论的报告。还有一起与谷歌的诉讼案,据称一名优步员工窃取了关于无人驾驶汽车技术的秘密。
In addition, some of Uber’s drivers and riders criticized Kalanick for agreeing to join President Donald Trump’s council of business leaders. Kalanick later resigned from the council.
此外,一些优步的司机和乘客批评卡拉尼克同意加入唐纳德·特朗普总统的商业领袖协会。卡拉尼克后来从协会中辞职。
On top of that, many drivers are not happy that Uber said they could earn a certain amount of money,but then reduced its fares in order to compete with services like Lyft.
除此之外,许多司机感到不高兴,当听到优步表示可以在赚到一定数量的钱之后,降低车费,以便与Lyft等服务公司竞争。
At one point in the video, Kalanick tells the women he makes sure “every year is a hard year … if it’s easy, I’m not pushing hard enough.”
视频中,卡拉尼克告诉女子,他坚信“每一年都是困难的...如果是容易的,那么就是我不够努力推进。”
After the women leave the car, Kamel states that he has lost money because of Uber’s changing rates.
女子下车后,卡迈勒说,因为优步不断降低车费,他已经损失了很多钱。
He says he lost $97,000 and is bankrupt because of Kalanick’s policies.
他说,由于卡拉尼克的政策,他损失了97000美元,已经破产。
Kalanick goes on to say “some people … blame everything in their life on somebody else.”
卡拉尼克继续说:“有些人…把生活中的一切都归咎于别人。
The discussion does not end well.
这场讨论不欢而散。
Many people are reacting to the video of the argument.One of them is Kalanick, who wrote an email to Uber workers on Tuesday night.
许多人对视频中的这场争论做出了反应。其中一个是卡拉尼克,他星期二晚上给优步工人写了一封电子邮件。
He apologized to Kamel and said he plans to get someone to help him lead the company.“I need leadership help, and I intend to get it,” he wrote.
他向卡迈勒道歉,并表示他打算找个人帮助自己管理公司。“我需要有人帮助我领导公司,我计划将其实现,”他写道。
The video has over 2,000 comments, too.
视频拥有超过2000条的评论。
One person wrote he only earned $2.75 an hour as a driver for Uber.
一个人写道,作为一名优步的司机,他每小时只赚2.75美元。
Another wrote: “(this is) the exact reason I stopped driving for Uber.”
另一个写道:“(这是)我停止为优步开车的原因。
Kamel received praise for standing up to the Uber CEO when he had him in the car.
卡迈勒受到人们表扬,因其在优步首席执行官坐车时,勇敢的与其对抗。
Jon Clay wrote: “you are the man, times a million!”
乔恩·克莱写道:“你是男人,真正的男人!
And that’s What’s Trending Today.
这就是今日流行栏目。
I’m Dan Friedell.
我是丹·弗里德尔。