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I had a consulting contract I shared with a colleague who's as different from me as two people can possibly be.
我跟一名同事共同，負責一項咨詢業務，我跟他是截然不同的兩個人。
First, his name is Tom. Mine isn't.
首先，他叫湯姆。我不叫湯姆。
Secondly, he's six foot five. I have a tendency not to be.
其次，他身高1米96。我這輩子是不指望了。
And thirdly, he's as extroverted a person as you could find. I am seriously introverted.
第三點，他是個及其外向的人。而我十分內向。
I overload so much, I can't even have a cup of coffee after three in the afternoon and expect to sleep in the evening.
我心思很重，我要是下午三點之后喝了杯咖啡，那晚上就別想睡了。
We had seconded to this project a fellow called Michael.
我們還有一個助手，叫麥克。
And Michael almost brought the project to a crashing halt.
麥克幾乎把整個項目給搞砸了。
So the person who seconded him asked Tom and me,
麥克的繼任者問我和湯姆，
"What do you make of Michael?"
“你們怎么評價麥克？”
Well, I'll tell you what Tom said in a minute. He spoke in classic "extrovert-ese."
我稍后再告訴你湯姆是怎么說的。他的回答是非常典型的外向型。
And here is how extroverted ears heard what I said, which is actually pretty accurate.
而我的回答嘛，其實在外向者聽來應該是非常精確的。
I said, "Well Michael does have a tendency at times of behaving in a way that some of us might see
我說，“其實，麥克有時候的一些做法，在我們某些人看來
as perhaps more assertive than is normally called for."
也許過于自信了，可能有時候有點過分。”
Tom rolled his eyes and he said,
湯姆翻了個白眼說，
"Brian, that's what I said: he's an asshole!"
“布萊恩，這不就是我剛剛說的：他就是個混蛋！”
