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Man: Good afternoon. It is time for Face to Face. This week, Sonia Kay talks to Jim O'Brien.
男：下午好，欢迎收听面对面节目。本周，索尼娅·凯将访问吉姆·奥布莱恩。
Woman: Jim O'Brien heads the UK division of American PC company Hacker.
女：吉姆·奥布莱恩是美国电脑公司骇客英国分部的负责人。
Mr O'Brien, thank you very much for sparing us a few minutes of your busy schedule.
奥布莱恩先生，非常感谢您百忙之中抽时间来参加我们的节目。
Man: Hello. It's a pleasure. And please call me Jim.
男：你好。我很高兴，叫我吉姆就行了。
Woman: Well, Jim, can we start by going through a typical day for you?
女：吉姆，能先给我们讲讲你日常的一天工作吗？
Man: I usually get up at around 5am.
男：我通常早上5点左右起床。
I drive in from my house to the office in London.
从家里开车到伦敦的办公室。
I get very frustrated sitting in traffic jams so I leave early to beat the rush.
路上堵车时，我就会很沮丧。所以我会早点离开，避开高峰。
I enjoy driving in, it's nice to get away on my own.
我喜欢驾车，独自上路的感觉很好。
Woman: That's certainly an early start!
女：真是很早啊！
Man: Yes, well, at 6.30am, I get into the office.
男：是的，早上六点半我就进办公室了。
I use the time to get through my post and do the things that are difficult to do during the normal working day because of people wanting to see me.
我利用这段时间来弄邮件，再做一些在正常工作日很难处理的事情，因为那时候大家都在找我。
Between the hours of 8 and 9 I take care of any European business which needs doing.
从八点到九点，我负责处理需要办的欧洲业务。
Woman: What a schedule! Do you find it exhausting?
女：好紧的时间安排啊！你会觉得很累吗？
Man: Exhausting, no.
男：不累的。
But, unfortunately most of my time is spent in meetings now, which doesn't really suit my type of personality.
但是很遗憾，我大部分时间都花在会议上了，这并不适合我的性格。
I much prefer the hands-on approach -I would rather be out chatting to people than sitting in the boardroom preparing policies and strategies
我更喜欢采用实际操作的方法——我愿意到外面去和别人聊天，而不是坐在会议室筹备政策和战略
- but that is a luxury I can't afford.
——但这是我无法享受的乐趣啊。
