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聽(tīng)力原文:

At?first,?no.?The?biggest?toy?store?initially?turned?me?down,?but?finally?I?saw?their?chief?buyer?Jim?Taylor.

開(kāi)始的時(shí)候并不是的。最大的玩具店起初拒絕了我,但最后我見(jiàn)到了他們的首席采購(gòu)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(jì)劃,但告訴我,我提供的東西對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)可能毫無(wú)價(jià)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(shí)間來(lái)做一個(gè)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(gè)摩天輪,一個(gè)風(fēng)車(chē)和一臺(tái)推土機(jī),幾分鐘之內(nèi),吉姆·泰勒就被說(shuō)服了。

I?sold?one?million?pounds?worth?of?toys?through?his?store?that?first?year.

第一年我通過(guò)他的商店賣(mài)了價(jià)值一百萬(wàn)英鎊的玩具。

An?amazing?success?story.?But?it?didn't?stop?there,?did?it?

一個(gè)驚人的成功故事。但這還沒(méi)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(méi)完。最初拒絕我的公司之一Elto聯(lián)系了我,說(shuō)他們對(duì)我的設(shè)計(jì)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(gè)合作伙伴關(guān)系,生產(chǎn)Klikset并在國(guó)外銷(xiāo)售。

I?even?persuaded?them?to?buy?ten?per?cent?of?my?business?for?ten?million?pounds.

我甚至說(shuō)服他們以1000萬(wàn)英鎊買(mǎi)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(wù)。

Finally,?Desmond,what?do?you?put?your?success?down?to?

最后,德斯蒙德,你認(rèn)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(jì)劃,你永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)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(cuò)誤中吸取教訓(xùn)。

Well?thank?you?Desmond?for?your?wonderful...

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