Manshee公司的发展(1/2)-英语听力

[00:01.54]Good morning, ladies and gentlemen
早上好，女士们先生们 [00:02.88]I'm honoured to have this opportunity to talk to you
我很荣幸有这个机会和你们聊天 [00:05.88]Eight years ago, I bought my first computer
八年前，我买了我的第一台电脑 [00:09.11]but I soon discovered that where I lived
但是我很快发现我所居住的地方 [00:11.50]it was difficult to find accessories for that particular make
很难找到特制的配件 [00:14.64]That made me realise that other people must have the same problem
这让我意识到其他人肯定有同样的问题 [00:18.58]Then I found that
然后我发现 [00:19.43]foreign magazines contained plenty of advertisements of mail order companies
国外杂志有很多邮购公司的广告 [00:23.67]so I started buying spare parts and things
所以我开始买备用配件和东西 [00:26.98]that way and selling them on to my friends at a small profit
并将它们以低利润卖给我的朋友们 [00:30.32]That was how my company, Manshee,was born
这就是我的公司Manshee的诞生 [00:33.71]Four years later
四年后 [00:35.01]Manshee was making a profit
Manshee开始盈利 [00:36.70]and had reached a turnover of 6 million pounds
并且达到600万英镑营业额 [00:39.83]We had four directors
我们有四个董事 [00:41.23]myself and three of my friends
我自己和三个朋友 [00:43.13]plus a staff of 17
加上17个员工 [00:45.27]The culture was young
（公司的）文化很年轻 [00:46.61]and the working environment didn't have any structure
而且工作环境没有任何建筑 [00:49.51]The company just grew and grew with its own momentum
公司用它自己的动力不断地成长 [00:52.69]and everything we did seemed to strike lucky
我们所做的所有事情都开始交好运 [00:55.44]If we needed to buy some equipment or redecorate the sales office
如果我们需要买一些设备或者装修销售办公室 [00:58.98]we decided yes or no in isolation
我们分别决定做或者不做 [01:01.67]only taking the short term
只将短期的 [01:03.51]usually the cash flow for that month
通常是当月的现金流 [01:05.50]into account
放到考虑范围内 [01:07.14]However, the market became increasingly cut throat
然而，市场变得越来越残酷 [01:10.29]and that led to falling margins
并导致利润下降 [01:12.92]We realised, rather unwillingly
我们意识到，虽然是不情愿地 [01:15.36]that the time had come to structure our future
构建我们未来的时刻到了 [01:18.21]but we didn't really have much idea how to set about it
虽然我们并未真正有很多的想法着手做这件事 [01:21.21]So we went to a firm of consultants
所以我们到了一个咨询公司 [01:22.98]who specialise in helping small businesses
这个公司专门帮助小型企业 [01:25.47]and it proved a turning point
这证明是一个转折点 [01:27.82]They insisted that we four directors sit down
他们坚持我们四个董事坐下来 [01:30.55]and rank our investments in order of importance for the coming years
按照重要顺序对未来几年的投资进行排序 [01:34.99]It seems obvious now
现在看起来显而易见 [01:36.64]but we'd never realised the value of doing it before
但是我们之前从未意识到做它的价值