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1 A new start
1 嶄新的開始
'Mr Duncan？Come in please．Mr Wilson will see you now．'
“鄧肯先生嗎？請進。威爾遜先生現在要見你。”
'Thank you．'John Duncan stood up and walked nervously towards the door．He was a tall，thin man，about forty-five years old，in an old grey suit．It was his best suit，but it was ten years old now．He had grey hair and glasses．His face looked sad and tired．
“謝謝。”約翰·鄧肯起身膽怯地往門口走。他瘦高個子，大約四十五歲，身著一套灰色舊西服。盡管這套西服已穿了10年，但仍是他最好的西服。他頭發灰白，戴一副眼鏡，面帶憂郁和倦容。
Inside the room，a man stood up to welcome him．Mr Duncan？Pleased to meet you．My name's David Wilson．This is one of our chemists，Mary Carter．'
屋內，一個男人站起來歡迎他。“鄧肯先生嗎？很高興見到你。我叫大衛·威爾遜。這是瑪麗·卡特，我們其中的一位化學師。”
John Duncan shook hands with both of them，and sat down．It was a big office，with a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful pictures on the walls．David Wilson was a young man，in an expensive black suit．He had a big gold ring on one finger．He smiled at John．
約翰·鄧肯與他倆握手后坐下。這是一間寬大的辦公室，地上鋪著厚地毯，墻上懸掛著美麗的畫。大衛·威爾遜很年輕，身著一套昂貴的黑色西服，一只手指上戴著一個碩大的金戒指。他對著約翰微笑。
'I asked Miss Carter to come because she's one of our best Chemists．She discovered our wonderful new paint，in fact．When…I mean，if you come to work here， you will work with her．'
“我讓卡特小姐來是因為她是我們最好的化學師之一。事實上是她發現了我們最美妙的新油漆……我是說，如果你來這里工作，你將與她一起工作。”
'Oh，I see．'John looked at Mary．She was older than Wil-son—about thirty-five，perhaps—with short brown hair，and a pretty，friendly face．She was wearing a white coat with a lot of pens in the top pocket．She smiled at him kindly， but John felt miserable．
“噢，我明白了。”約翰望著瑪麗。她比威爾遜歲數大——也許大約三十五歲，留著棕色短發，長著一副漂亮友善的面孔。她身穿一件白外套，上方的口袋里插著許多鋼筆。她友善地對約翰微笑，但約翰卻感到痛苦。
I'll never get this job，he thought．I'm too old！Employers want younger people these days．
他想：我永遠不會得到這份工作。我太老了！雇主們現在想聘更年輕的人。
