Speaker Five.
發言五
Woman:Although my grandparents and uncles ran a shop for many years, I really didn't have much contact with the business world.
雖然我的祖父母和叔叔們經商多年,但我實際接觸這方面的機會很少。
I started my working life in nursing which I enjoyed a great deal, and then I had what I felt was a life-changing experience.
我的第一份工作是護理,我非常喜歡護理,我覺得這是一次改變人生的工作經歷。
In my late twenties, I applied to go on secondment overseas to work for four months in a remote rural hospital.
快30歲的時候,我申請了海外借調,在一家偏遠的農村醫院工作了4個月。
It was there that I saw some marvellous work being done in setting up small-scale businesses run by local people-mainly in the production of handicrafts for catalogue sales.
在那兒,我看到了一些很棒的職業,當地人經營小企業,主要從事手工藝品的生產和銷售。
I saw a lot that I felt could be applied in my own home environment.
我看到了很多我覺得可以拿來自己用的東西。
Anyway that's how I got started.
不管怎樣,我就是這樣開始的。
I had a few hiccups at the beginning, mainly in trying to co-ordinate the huge amounts of customer information, but now we're well established.
起初我有遇到一些小問題,主要是在大量客戶信息的協調上,但現在我們已經解決了。