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My friend Anna works at a small tech company that makes learning software.我朋友安娜在一家做学习软件的小科技公司工作。 The company lost its main funding last year, so everyone had to work harder.公司去年失去了主要的资金支持，所以每个人都得更加努力。 There was a recession in the country, and many small firms closed their doors.当时国家正处于经济衰退期，许多小公司都关门了。 The boss had to confront a hard choice: cut jobs or find new customers.老板不得不面对一个艰难的选择：裁员，还是寻找新客户。

Anna's monthly earnings were not high, but she still loved her work.安娜每月的收入并不高，但她依然热爱自己的工作。 She pays part of her mortgage every month for a small flat near the office.她每个月都要为办公室附近的一套小公寓还一部分房贷。 Her team built a new module for the app that helps students review words.她的团队为这款应用做了一个新模块，帮助学生复习单词。 They also fixed the search mechanism so results appear much faster.他们还改进了搜索机制，让结果出现得快得多。 A coalition of three schools agreed to try the app for one year.三所学校组成的联合体同意试用这款应用一年。

This gave the company enough money to hire two more workers.这给公司带来了足够的钱，可以再雇两名员工。 The number of paid membership accounts grew from one hundred to six hundred.付费会员账号的数量从一百个增加到六百个。 Their client list now includes a duke who runs a large private school.他们的客户名单里现在还有一位经营大型私立学校的公爵。 Anna says the worst days taught her how to solve problems with a calm mind.安娜说，最糟糕的日子教会了她如何用平静的心态解决问题。 Next year she hopes her earnings will grow, but she will stay in the same flat.明年她希望自己的收入能增加，但她还会住在同一套公寓里。