Speaker One.

发言一
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。我刚拿到工商管理学位。
It was very enjoyable, if rather lacking on the practical side.
虽然在实际操作方面有些欠缺，但还蛮令人开心的。
I was wondering whether I'd made the right choice of career,
我在想我选择这个职业是否正确，
and was about to approach my uncle for advice on import-export when I was struck by the fact that
就在我准备向叔叔征求进出口方面的意见时，一个事实震惊到了我——
there were not enough businesses to meet the demand for good quality food packaging,
能够满足优质食品包装需求的企业不多，
so I took the plunge.
所以我决定冒险一试。
In the first few months, everything moved along nicely I got together a reasonable team of workers and had some healthy sales figures,
在最初的几个月里，一切进展顺利，我组建了一个工作团队，销售业绩也不错，
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，我没有想到的是，其他人想出了一些和我几乎完全相同的东西，就在离我不远的地方。
I panicked at first and then realised that I had the edge when it came to hi-tech machinery.
一开始我很惊慌，然后我意识到我在高科技机器方面有优势。