劳斯莱斯

　劳斯莱斯 劳斯莱斯(Rolls-Royce)是世界顶级豪华轿车厂商，1906年成立于英国，公司创始人 为Frederick Henry Royce(亨利?莱斯)和Charles Stewart Rolls(查理?劳斯)。Rolls-Royce 出产的轿车是顶级汽车的杰出代表，以豪华而享誉全球。除了制造汽车，劳斯莱斯还涉足飞 机发动机制造领域，它也是世界上最优秀的发动机制造者，著名的波音客机用的就是劳斯莱 斯的发动机。2003年劳斯莱斯汽车公司被宝马(BMW)接手。 Rolls-Royce (Rolls-Royce) is the world's top luxury car manufacturers, it established in 1906 in the United Kingdom. And the founders were Frederick Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls. Cars produced by Rolls-Royce are an outstanding representative of the top automotive luxury. 劳斯莱斯的两位创始人的出身、爱好、性格完全不同，但对汽车事业的执 着和向往，使他们成为一对出色的搭档。根据两人于1904年签订的协议，Royce 先生负责造车，而Rolles先生则负责卖车。 两年之后二人的公司正式合并，立 志生产“世界上最好的汽车”。 The origin, hobbies and personality of the two founders of Rolls-Royce are completely different, but the persistent and longing for the car makes them become a pair of excellent partner. According to the agreement them signed in 1904, Mr. Royce, was responsible for the repairer, Mr. Rolles was responsible for selling cars. After two years the two companies formally merged, and they determined to produce the world's best car. 劳斯莱斯的标志图案采用两个“R”重叠在一起，象征着你中有我，我中有你，体现了两人 融洽及和谐的关系。 Rolls-Royce logo adopt two "R" to overlap. This is the first letter of the two names of the Rolls and Royce.The symbol means that you have me, I have you, and reflects both harmony relationship. Initially , the logo was red. After Rolls and Royce's death, this flag became black. 而著名的飞天女神标志则是源于一个灰姑娘和王子的爱情故事。埃莉诺?桑顿是一个苦命姑 娘，为了养家和给重病卧床的母亲治病，她只能到夜总会当交际花。1902年的某一天，桑 顿遇上了约翰?蒙塔古，蒙塔古在她跳舞时画了7张素描。虽然他们相爱了，但是他们悬殊 的身份地位在当时的社会环境里注定得不到祝福。蒙塔古是出身贵族世家的英国保守党议 员，而桑顿只是一名舞女。最后，因为蒙塔古家人的欺骗，已怀有身孕的桑顿默默的离开了， 而蒙塔古看到人去楼空的景象，也最终不再相信忠贞不渝的爱情，并与贵族小姐成婚。 1906年，蒙塔古在一家酒吧里与桑顿意外的邂逅。随后，蒙塔古跟踪桑顿来到她的住处， 在低矮的贫民区的一间破房子中，他看到了桑顿和那个孩子。看到当年他为桑顿画的那七幅 肖像画被一张张地贴在墙上，真相也终于清晰。但为顾全家族声誉，蒙塔古不能离婚，他与 桑顿的恋情也只能压抑地继续。 蒙塔古的艺术家朋友查尔斯?塞克斯被他们曲折的爱情深深打动了，应蒙塔古之请， 以桑顿为原型创作了一个生动的雕塑:一个年轻的女孩，迎风而立，却把食指轻轻地点在自 己的嘴唇上，这正象征着桑顿和蒙塔古之间不能言说的秘密情感。 Rolls和Royce二人也是蒙塔古的好友，他们得知这件事之后非常感动。后来，他们邀请赛 克斯又把它改为双手如羽翼般向后伸展的形象，也就是今天的“飞天女神”。 The famous flying goddess symbol is derived from a love story of Cinderella and prince. Eleanor Thornton, was a hardy girl, she could only become a socialite in a nightclub for supporting the family. 1902, one day, Thornton met John Montague, Montague drew seven sketches for her. they loved each other, but Montague was the member of the British Conservative Party and Thornton was just a dancer. Finally, because of the deception of the Montague family, pregnant Thornton had quietly left, while Montagu saw the empty scene, eventually he no longer believed in faithful love, and he married with another lady . 1906, Montagu encountered Thornton in a bar. Montague tracked Thornton came to her residence, in a broken house, he saw Thornton, the child and seven sketches in the wall.The truth was finally clear. Lastly they got together. Charles Sykes, Montague's artist friends, he was moved by their love, and created a vivid statue: a young girl, standing against the breeze, yet index finger placed on her lips, which was a symbol of the secret feelings that could not be said between Thornton and Montague. Rolls and Royce were also Montague's friends, they were deeply moved. Later, they invited Sykes changed the statue that the hands liked wings and extended backward, which is today's "flying goddess". 劳斯莱斯最与众不同之处，就在于它大量使用了手工劳动。直到今天，劳斯莱斯的发动机还 完全是用手工制造。而一台散热器需要一个工人一整天时间才能制造出来，然后还需要5 个小时对它进行加工打磨。据统计，制作一个方向盘要15个小时，装配一辆车身需要31 个小时，安装一台发动机要6天。正因为如此，它在装配线上每分钟只能移动6英寸。制作 一辆四门车要两个半月，每一辆车都要经过5000英里的测试，所以一般订购劳斯莱斯的客 户都需要耐心地等候半年以上。 The most distinctive of Rolls-Royce is that it makes extensive use of manual labor. Until today, the Rolls-Royce engine is completely made by hand. A radiator needs a worker a full day to create, and then also needs five hours to polish it .According to statistics, the production of a steering wheel needs 15 hours, assembling a body needs 31 hours and installs an engine need 6 days. Because of that, on the assembly line moves only six inches per minute. Producing a car needs two and a half months, each vehicle must go through 5000 miles of testing, so the general order of Rolls-Royce customers need to be patient to wait more than six months.