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Man: Well, after a long time teaching I thought - no I knew - I needed to move on, do something else, and it had to be a good idea to set up my own operation.
男：在教了很長時(shí)間書后，我想我要繼續(xù)前行，做點(diǎn)別的事情了。如果能創(chuàng)立我自己的公司，會(huì)是一個(gè)很好的主意。
You only have to look around Central London to see the demand.
只需要環(huán)顧倫敦市中心看看有什么需求就行了。
Everybody's learning English and more and more business people need it.
每個(gè)人都在學(xué)英語，越來越多的商務(wù)人士都需要英語。
I had worked in business for a number of years and knew I had the experience to make it work.
我在商界工作了很多年，知道怎么讓它成功。
The one big drawback to the whole plan was that no-one was interested in lending me money.
整個(gè)計(jì)劃的一大障礙是，沒人愿意借給我錢。
It was hopeless. I wasted so much time going to different banks without success.
真是讓我感到絕望。我浪費(fèi)了好多時(shí)間跑不同的銀行，但都沒有成功。
I was just about to give up when I read about the Government Start-up scheme.
就在我準(zhǔn)備放棄的時(shí)候，我讀到有關(guān)政府扶持初創(chuàng)公司的計(jì)劃。
If they like your idea they give you money.
如果政府對你的想法感興趣，就會(huì)撥給你錢。
I was lucky. It's a great success.
我很幸運(yùn)，這是一個(gè)巨大的成功。
Woman: It started as a group of friends getting together and talking about a common problem.
女性：一開始就是一群朋友聚在一起討論一個(gè)共同的問題。
The high cost of business trips and the need for a reasonable package.
出差成本高，需要價(jià)格合適的套餐服務(wù)。
Once people know you are going away on business they think you have unlimited funds for it.
當(dāng)人們知道你要出差時(shí)，就會(huì)認(rèn)為你有充裕的資金。
And we all knew from our own experience that quite the opposite is true when you work for yourself.
我們從自己的經(jīng)歷中都知道，當(dāng)你為自己工作時(shí)，情況恰恰相反。上
So we decided to start something ourselves.
所以，我們決定自己來做些事。
Our initial enthusiasm soon disappeared when we tried to raise the money to start,though.
不過，當(dāng)我們試圖籌集資金開始運(yùn)作時(shí)，最初的熱情很快就消失了。
We were met with a complete lack of interest. So we put together a good business plan and went knocking on doors.
沒人對我們的想法感興趣，所以我們制定了一個(gè)很好的商業(yè)計(jì)劃，四處尋求幫助。
We kept at it. We didn't give up and eventually we found a sympathetic bank manager and they advanced us some money.
我們一直在努力，從未放棄過。最終，我們找到了一位好心的銀行經(jīng)理，他們資助了我們一些錢。
We're doing pretty well now.
我們現(xiàn)在運(yùn)作良好。
