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今天，我们说一件让人难过的事。

有一个人，

在这个星期，

出事去世了。

他叫克劳德·吉尔莫。

你可能没听过这个名字。

但是，

你很可能，

玩过他做的游戏。

克劳德，是法国人。

他是一家大公司的，

创始人之一。

这家公司，

叫育碧。

育碧，是做游戏的。

而且，

是世界上最大的，

游戏公司之一。

很多有名的游戏，

都是它做的。

比如，

《刺客信条》。

很多人，

都玩过这个游戏。

育碧，是怎么来的呢？

故事，要从很久以前说起。

大概四十年前，

也就是一九八六年，

有五个兄弟，

在法国，

一起开了这家公司。

克劳德，

就是这五个兄弟里的，

一个。

一开始，

公司很小很小。

他们，

只是卖一些，

电脑上的小软件。

但是慢慢地，

公司越做越大，

最后，

变成了一家，

全世界都知道的，

大公司。

在这五个兄弟里，

有一个弟弟，

叫伊夫。

伊夫，

是公司的老板，

经常出来说话，

大家都认识他。

而克劳德，

正好相反。

他很低调。

他不太喜欢，

站在前面。

他做的，

是公司里面，

那些更"看不见"的事。

比如，

管钱，

管公司怎么运转。

可以说，

弟弟在前面，

他在后面。

两个人，

一起把公司，

撑了起来。

那这次，

到底发生了什么？

这个星期五的傍晚，

克劳德，

坐上了一架小飞机。

那是一架，

很小的私人飞机。

上面，

只有两个人。

飞机飞到了，

法国西边的海边，

快要落地的时候，

突然出了事。

飞机掉了下来，

还烧了起来。

两个人，

都没能活下来。

克劳德，

今年六十九岁。

消息传开以后，

很多玩家，

都很难过。

因为他们发现：

原来，

自己从小玩到大的游戏，

背后，

站着这样一个人。

一个，

我们几乎从来，

没有见过的人。

最后，

我想和你聊一聊。

我们每天，

用着很多东西，

玩着很多游戏。

但是做这些东西的人，

我们，

常常一个都不认识。

所以，

我想问你一个问题：

在你喜欢的东西背后，

有没有哪个人，

是你想，

说一声谢谢的？

English transcript reference

Today, we'll talk about a sad piece of news.

There was a man

who, this week,

died in an accident.

His name was Claude Guillemot.

You may never have heard this name.

But

you very likely

have played the games he made.

Claude was French.

He was, of a big company,

one of the founders.

This company

was called Ubisoft.

Ubisoft makes games.

And

it's one of the world's biggest

game companies.

Many famous games

were made by it.

For example,

Assassin's Creed.

Many people

have played this game.

How did Ubisoft come to be?

The story starts a long time ago.

About forty years ago,

that is, in 1986,

five brothers,

in France,

started this company together.

Claude

was, among these five brothers,

one of them.

At first,

the company was tiny.

They

just sold some

small computer software.

But slowly,

the company grew bigger and bigger,

and in the end,

became a company

the whole world knows —

a giant company.

Among these five brothers,

there was a younger brother

named Yves.

Yves

was the company's boss,

often out speaking in public;

everyone knew him.

Claude, by contrast,

was just the opposite.

He kept a low profile.

He didn't much like

standing out front.

What he did

was, inside the company,

the more 'invisible' things.

For example,

managing the money,

managing how the company runs.

You could say:

the younger brother out front,

him in the back.

The two of them,

together, the company,

held it up.

So this time,

what exactly happened?

This Friday evening,

Claude

boarded a small plane.

It was

a very small private plane.

On board,

there were only two people.

The plane flew to

the seaside in western France,

and just as it was about to land,

it suddenly had an accident.

The plane fell,

and caught fire.

Both people

did not survive.

Claude

was sixty-nine this year.

After the news spread,

many gamers

were very sad.

Because they realized:

it turned out

the games they'd played since childhood,

behind them,

stood a man like this.

A man

we had almost never

seen.

Finally,

I'd like to talk with you.

Every day,

we use many things,

play many games.

But the people who make these things,

we

often don't know a single one of them.

So,

I want to ask you a question:

behind the things you love,

is there a person

you'd like

to say a thank-you to?

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