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Man: I’ve been Chief Executive of the Thorpe Group for eight years now.
男：我擔(dān)任Thorpe集團的首席執(zhí)行官已經(jīng)八年了。
I started my career as a bank clerk but I later trained as an accountant.
我的職業(yè)生涯開始于銀行職員，后來我接受了會計培訓(xùn)。
I suppose in one way or another, I’ve had a lot of experience of the financial side of business.
我想，無論如何，我在商業(yè)的財務(wù)方面都擁有很多經(jīng)驗。
Nowadays it’s my job to know what’s happening in the market so every day at work I have financial reports to read.
現(xiàn)在我的工作是要了解市場動態(tài)，所以每天上班我都要看財務(wù)報告
I only get the chance to look at other things - for example business magazines - when I travel abroad.
我只有在出國旅行時才有機會看其他東西，比如商業(yè)雜志。
We invest customers’ money in many areas of the market.
我們把客戶的錢投資到市場的許多領(lǐng)域，
Traditionally we’ve invested in property and in manufacturing.
一般是房地產(chǎn)和制造業(yè)。
However, an industry that is doing very well at the moment is high-tech companies so we plan to increase investment in that area.
不過，現(xiàn)如今高科技公司發(fā)展勢頭很好，所以我們計劃在該領(lǐng)域增加投資。
Some of our competitors concentrate on achieving a friendly service.
我們的一些競爭對手專注于提供友好的服務(wù)。
This is important but I think that, on the whole, our customers prefer lower charges which is what we guarantee.
這確實很重要，但我認(rèn)為，總的來說，我們的客戶更喜歡較低的費用，這是我們所能保證的。
Although we encourage our staff to achieve a maximum return on investments, we have strict procedures to make sure that risks are avoided where possible.
雖然我們鼓勵員工獲得最大的投資回報，但我們有嚴(yán)格的程序，以確保盡可能地規(guī)避風(fēng)險。
Some companies may put profits first but it’s important that our customers see us as a safe investment.
有些公司可能會把利潤放在首位，但對我們來說，重要的是客戶能將我們視為一種安全的投資。
Next month The Thorpe Group will merge with Chartwell Associates which means our company will be relocating to new offices.
下個月，Thorpe集團將與Chartwell聯(lián)合公司合并，這就意味著我們的公司會搬到新的辦公室。
Most things, however, won’t change - for example we won't lose any staff and there are no plans to invest in different areas of the market.
然而，大多數(shù)的情況不會改變——例如，我們不會裁減員工，也沒有計劃在不同的市場領(lǐng)域進(jìn)行投資。
We are a market leader because of our experienced staff.
我們擁有經(jīng)驗豐富的員工，這使得我們成為市場的領(lǐng)跑者。
When we take on staff we look for people who will perform well in a team.
我們在招聘員工時，會尋找在團隊合作中表現(xiàn)出色的人。
Since we train staff in many of the skills they need, a financial background is not essential.
我們會對員工就他們所需的多種技能進(jìn)行培訓(xùn)，所以擁有財務(wù)背景并非必要因素。
