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Woman： And now let's meet Philip Spencer, one of Britain's top industrialists，and hear about his experiences and ideas on improving company performance. welcome, Philip.
女：現(xiàn)在讓我們歡迎菲利普·斯賓塞，英國(guó)的頂尖實(shí)業(yè)家之一，聆聽他在提高公司業(yè)績(jī)方面的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和思想。歡迎你，菲利普。
Man： Thanks, Gemma. Good to be here.
男：謝謝，吉瑪。很高興來到這里。
Woman： Philip，you're famous for your unique approach when called in to advise companies.
女：菲利普，你最出名的是總是以獨(dú)特的方式為企業(yè)提供建議。
Man： Well, I'm certainly very generous with my advice! I always acknowledge genuine effort wherever possible it is important to do so; but my job isn，t to manage the company, it's to hunt down underlying weaknesses in the systems; that's what I'm trained to do.
男：嗯，我當(dāng)然非常慷慨地提供建議！我總是推崇真正的努力，只要有可能，這樣做很重要；但是我的工作不是管理公司，而是找到系統(tǒng)的潛在弱點(diǎn)；我受到的就是這樣的訓(xùn)練。
Woman： Your visit to Manson's received a very mixed response, didn't it?
女：你訪問曼森公司遇到了不同的反應(yīng)，是嗎？
Man： Well, yes. Following my first visit, they'd researched the market more deeply and had improved product quality considerably, but, on my return, I blamed their failures on the ancient assembly line which they'd still done nothing about，despite my report, and which by now had led to a ten-year waiting list for their customers. The company was so upset by the comments I made during my second visit that they didn't invite me back!
男：嗯，是的。我第一次訪問后，他們更深入地研究市場(chǎng)，大幅提高了產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量，但是，我回來時(shí)，我認(rèn)為他們的失敗是由于陳舊的裝配線，他們還是什么都沒做，盡管我提交了報(bào)告，該裝配線要讓他們的客戶等十年。公司對(duì)我第二次的評(píng)價(jià)很不滿意，沒有再邀請(qǐng)我！
Woman： Another of your consultations took you to Criterion Glass, a family-run business.
女：另一家咨詢的是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)玻璃，這是一家家族生意。
Man： Yes. Their troubles started with an over-concentration on the actual making of the product， on the craftsmanship involved, without asking themselves whether there was still enough of a market for that type of product. Prices needed to be more competitive too, something they hadn't considered sufficiently.
男：是的。他們的問題在于，過分集中于產(chǎn)品的實(shí)際生產(chǎn)，及其涉及到的工藝，沒有問自己這種產(chǎn)品是否仍有足夠的市場(chǎng)。價(jià)格也需要更有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，這是他們沒有充分考慮到的。
