BEC中級真題第5輯精聽:Test4-Part Three(3)
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聽力原文:
At?first,?no.?The?biggest?toy?store?initially?turned?me?down,?but?finally?I?saw?their?chief?buyer?Jim?Taylor.
開始的時候并不是的。最大的玩具店起初拒絕了我,但最后我見到了他們的首席采購員吉姆·泰勒。
He?liked?my?business?plan,but?told?me?that?what?I?had?to?offer?probably?had?zero?value?to?him.
他喜歡我的商業(yè)計劃,但告訴我,我提供的東西對他來說可能毫無價值。
So?I?asked?for?five?minutes?to?do?a?presentation?and?I?pulled?out?all?the?stops.
所以我要求五分鐘的時間來做一個演講,我使出了渾身解數(shù)。
I?made?a?Ferris?wheel,?a?windmill?and?a?bulldozer?and?within?a?couple?of?minutes?Jim?Taylor?was?won?over.
我做了一個摩天輪,一個風車和一臺推土機,幾分鐘之內(nèi),吉姆·泰勒就被說服了。
I?sold?one?million?pounds?worth?of?toys?through?his?store?that?first?year.
第一年我通過他的商店賣了價值一百萬英鎊的玩具。
An?amazing?success?story.?But?it?didn't?stop?there,?did?it?
一個驚人的成功故事。但這還沒完,不是嗎?
No.?Elto,?one?of?the?companies?which?had?turned?me?down?initially,?contacted?me?and?said?they?were?interested?in?my?designs?after?all.
沒完。最初拒絕我的公司之一Elto聯(lián)系了我,說他們對我的設計感興趣。
So?I?negotiated?a?deal?with?them?to?form?a?partnership?to?make?Klikset?and?market?it?abroad.
所以我和他們談了一筆交易,成立了一個合作伙伴關(guān)系,生產(chǎn)Klikset并在國外銷售。
I?even?persuaded?them?to?buy?ten?per?cent?of?my?business?for?ten?million?pounds.
我甚至說服他們以1000萬英鎊買下我公司10%的股份。
They?wanted?a?fifty-fifty?partnership?but?I?wanted?to?keep?control?of?my?business.
他們想要五五分成的合伙關(guān)系,但我想掌控我的業(yè)務。
Finally,?Desmond,what?do?you?put?your?success?down?to?
最后,德斯蒙德,你認為你的成功得益于什么?
Well,?however?much?you?plan?you?can?never?be?sure?how?things?will?turn?out.
好吧,不管你做了多少計劃,你永遠無法確定事情的結(jié)果。
You?have?to?make?decisions?and?just?live?with?the?consequences.
你必須做出決定,忍受后果。
I've?always?learnt?something?from?my?mistakes.
我總是從錯誤中吸取教訓。
Well?thank?you?Desmond?for?your?wonderful...
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