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Man: Well, after a long time teaching I thought - no I knew - I needed to move on, do something else, and it had to be a good idea to set up my own operation.
男：在教了很长时间书后，我想我要继续前行，做点别的事情了。如果能创立我自己的公司，会是一个很好的主意。
You only have to look around Central London to see the demand.
只需要环顾伦敦市中心看看有什么需求就行了。
Everybody's learning English and more and more business people need it.
每个人都在学英语，越来越多的商务人士都需要英语。
I had worked in business for a number of years and knew I had the experience to make it work.
我在商界工作了很多年，知道怎么让它成功。
The one big drawback to the whole plan was that no-one was interested in lending me money.
整个计划的一大障碍是，没人愿意借给我钱。
It was hopeless. I wasted so much time going to different banks without success.
真是让我感到绝望。我浪费了好多时间跑不同的银行，但都没有成功。
I was just about to give up when I read about the Government Start-up scheme.
就在我准备放弃的时候，我读到有关政府扶持初创公司的计划。
If they like your idea they give you money.
如果政府对你的想法感兴趣，就会拨给你钱。
I was lucky. It's a great success.
我很幸运，这是一个巨大的成功。
Woman: It started as a group of friends getting together and talking about a common problem.
女性：一开始就是一群朋友聚在一起讨论一个共同的问题。
The high cost of business trips and the need for a reasonable package.
出差成本高，需要价格合适的套餐服务。
Once people know you are going away on business they think you have unlimited funds for it.
当人们知道你要出差时，就会认为你有充裕的资金。
And we all knew from our own experience that quite the opposite is true when you work for yourself.
我们从自己的经历中都知道，当你为自己工作时，情况恰恰相反。上
So we decided to start something ourselves.
所以，我们决定自己来做些事。
Our initial enthusiasm soon disappeared when we tried to raise the money to start,though.
不过，当我们试图筹集资金开始运作时，最初的热情很快就消失了。
We were met with a complete lack of interest. So we put together a good business plan and went knocking on doors.
没人对我们的想法感兴趣，所以我们制定了一个很好的商业计划，四处寻求帮助。
We kept at it. We didn't give up and eventually we found a sympathetic bank manager and they advanced us some money.
我们一直在努力，从未放弃过。最终，我们找到了一位好心的银行经理，他们资助了我们一些钱。
We're doing pretty well now.
我们现在运作良好。
