Speaker One.
發言一
Woman:I set up about five years ago. I'd just finished my degree in business administration.
我是五年前成立的公司。我剛拿到工商管理學位。
It was very enjoyable, if rather lacking on the practical side.
雖然在實際操作方面有些欠缺,但還蠻令人開心的。
I was wondering whether I'd made the right choice of career,
我在想我選擇這個職業是否正確,
and was about to approach my uncle for advice on import-export when I was struck by the fact that
就在我準備向叔叔征求進出口方面的意見時,一個事實震驚到了我——
there were not enough businesses to meet the demand for good quality food packaging,
能夠滿足優質食品包裝需求的企業不多,
so I took the plunge.
所以我決定冒險一試。
In the first few months, everything moved along nicely I got together a reasonable team of workers and had some healthy sales figures,
在最初的幾個月里,一切進展順利,我組建了一個工作團隊,銷售業績也不錯,
and then I came up against something I hadn't bargained for-someone else had come up with something which was virtually identical, and set up just down the road from me.
然后,我沒有想到的是,其他人想出了一些和我幾乎完全相同的東西,就在離我不遠的地方。
I panicked at first and then realised that I had the edge when it came to hi-tech machinery.
一開始我很驚慌,然后我意識到我在高科技機器方面有優勢。