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Today?I'm?talking?to?Desmond?Butler,?Managing?Director?of?Klikset,?the?construction?toy?which?every?youngster?wants.?Welcome?Desmond.

今天我要和Klikset公司的總經(jīng)理德斯蒙德·巴特勒談話。歡迎你，德斯蒙德。

Hello?Jenny.?So,?how?did?it?all?start?

你好，珍妮。那么，是怎么開(kāi)始的呢？

I'd?been?running?my?father's?plastic?component?business?and?I'd?taken?it?as?far?as?I?could,?and?was?bored.

我一直在經(jīng)營(yíng)我父親的塑料部件生意，我盡了最大的努力，但感到厭倦。

We?were?producing?make-up?cases?you?know,?eye?shadow,?lipstick，mascara?cases?and?so?on.

我們生產(chǎn)化妝品盒子，你知道，如眼影，口紅，睫毛膏等等。

It?was?a?steady?market,?although?very?competitive,?but?I?needed?a?new?challenge.?I?was?getting?quite?a?good?income?from?it,?but?money?isn't?everything.

這個(gè)市場(chǎng)很穩(wěn)定，雖然競(jìng)爭(zhēng)非常激烈，但我需要一個(gè)新的挑戰(zhàn)。我的收入相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)，但錢不是萬(wàn)能的。

So?what?gave?you?the?idea?for?Klikset?

那么是什么給了你創(chuàng)立Klikset的靈感呢？

I?was?at?a?wedding?party,?sitting?in?a?corner?toying?with?plastic?drinking?straws?on?my?table?thinking?about?the?manufacturing?process?that?made?them.

我參加了一個(gè)婚禮，坐在一個(gè)角落里擺弄著桌子上的塑料吸管，想著制作這些吸管的過(guò)程。

I?began?piecing?them?together?and?managed?to?build?a?small?flat?structure.

我開(kāi)始把它們拼湊在一起，做成了一個(gè)小的平面結(jié)構(gòu)。

I?realised?that?with?the?right?connectors?I?could?build?some?impressive?objects?and?I?thought?this?might?be?the?seed?idea?for?a?new?toy.

我意識(shí)到，有了合適的連接器，我可以制造一些令人印象深刻的物品，我認(rèn)為這可能是研發(fā)新玩具的種子想法。

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