(单词翻译:单击)
Speaker Four.
发言四
Man:I've been running my own business for ten years now and although I had quite a tough start, on the whole I haven't regretted a day of it.
我经营公司已有十年,虽然一开始很难,但总的来说,我从来没有后悔过。
Basically, I'd been working on an idea of a disposable protective cover for oven interiors and managed to secure a patent.
基本上,我一直在为烤箱内部设计一次性防护罩,并获得了专利。
But could I get a business to take me seriously? So I thought I'd go it alone.
但是,公司能开办起来吗?所以我想一个人去。
I managed to persuade people to invest enough for me to set up the workshop and I topped up with bank loans.
我成功地说服人们为我投资足够的钱来成立车间,我还向银行贷款。
I initially took on a couple of technicians I'd known from my previous place of work-good people with a lot of commitment to enterprise-
起初,我雇佣了几名技术人员,他们是我以前工作的时候认识的,都是热情、勤恳的好员工,
but where I went awry was not giving them proper tuition and guidance in precisely what I wanted.
但我做错了的是,没有按照我的要求给他们提供适当的教育和指导。
Thank goodness they stuck with it though, and we came through our difficult first few months together.
谢天谢地,他们坚持了下来,我们一起度过了头几个月。