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Man: Good afternoon. It is time for Face to Face. This week, Sonia Kay talks to Jim O'Brien.
男：下午好，歡迎收聽面對面節目。本周，索尼婭·凱將訪問吉姆·奧布萊恩。
Woman: Jim O'Brien heads the UK division of American PC company Hacker.
女：吉姆·奧布萊恩是美國電腦公司駭客英國分部的負責人。
Mr O'Brien, thank you very much for sparing us a few minutes of your busy schedule.
奧布萊恩先生，非常感謝您百忙之中抽時間來參加我們的節目。
Man: Hello. It's a pleasure. And please call me Jim.
男：你好。我很高興，叫我吉姆就行了。
Woman: Well, Jim, can we start by going through a typical day for you?
女：吉姆，能先給我們講講你日常的一天工作嗎？
Man: I usually get up at around 5am.
男：我通常早上5點左右起床。
I drive in from my house to the office in London.
從家里開車到倫敦的辦公室。
I get very frustrated sitting in traffic jams so I leave early to beat the rush.
路上堵車時，我就會很沮喪。所以我會早點離開，避開高峰。
I enjoy driving in, it's nice to get away on my own.
我喜歡駕車，獨自上路的感覺很好。
Woman: That's certainly an early start!
女：真是很早啊！
Man: Yes, well, at 6.30am, I get into the office.
男：是的，早上六點半我就進辦公室了。
I use the time to get through my post and do the things that are difficult to do during the normal working day because of people wanting to see me.
我利用這段時間來弄郵件，再做一些在正常工作日很難處理的事情，因為那時候大家都在找我。
Between the hours of 8 and 9 I take care of any European business which needs doing.
從八點到九點，我負責處理需要辦的歐洲業務。
Woman: What a schedule! Do you find it exhausting?
女：好緊的時間安排啊！你會覺得很累嗎？
Man: Exhausting, no.
男：不累的。
But, unfortunately most of my time is spent in meetings now, which doesn't really suit my type of personality.
但是很遺憾，我大部分時間都花在會議上了，這并不適合我的性格。
I much prefer the hands-on approach -I would rather be out chatting to people than sitting in the boardroom preparing policies and strategies
我更喜歡采用實際操作的方法——我愿意到外面去和別人聊天，而不是坐在會議室籌備政策和戰略
- but that is a luxury I can't afford.
——但這是我無法享受的樂趣啊。
