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My colleague and I worked alongside each other at a small radio station.我和一位「同事」在一家小电台「并肩」工作。 Its morning show, The Town Clock, ran two hours every day.它的早间节目《小镇时钟》每天播出两小时。 The owner had one brilliant idea and little money.老板只有一个「绝妙的」想法,钱却很少。 He bought a cheap machine that recorded only a short broadcast.他买了一台便宜机器,只能录一段很短的「广播」。

Afterward he asked us what people really wanted to hear.之后他会问我们,人们到底想听什么。 We decided our own voices were the best attribute of the show.我们认定,我们自己的声音才是节目最好的「特质」。 Every component, from news to music, had to fit together.每一个「组成部分」,从新闻到音乐,都必须彼此配合。 One day my colleague asked me for a title for a new weekly show.有一天,同事让我给一个新的周播节目起名字。

Right now I work for a much larger corporate group, far from my old apartment.「目前」我在一家大得多的「企业的」集团工作,离我以前的「公寓」很远。 Someone here asked the same question about that weekly show.这里有人就那个周播节目问了同样的问题。 So we looked for a good candidate.于是我们寻找一位合适的「人选」。

We chose a quiet young woman to host it.我们选了一位安静的年轻女士来主持它。 She starts Monday, and I hope she stays a long time.她周一上班,我希望她待得长久。 I try to keep the old corporate habit in every new job.我努力把旧的「企业的」习惯带进每一份新工作。 Maybe a corporation can stay small in the way it thinks.也许一家「公司」可以在思维方式上保持很小。

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