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I had a consulting contract I shared with a colleague who's as different from me as two people can possibly be.
我跟一名同事共同，负责一项咨询业务，我跟他是截然不同的两个人。
First, his name is Tom. Mine isn't.
首先，他叫汤姆。我不叫汤姆。
Secondly, he's six foot five. I have a tendency not to be.
其次，他身高1米96。我这辈子是不指望了。
And thirdly, he's as extroverted a person as you could find. I am seriously introverted.
第三点，他是个及其外向的人。而我十分内向。
I overload so much, I can't even have a cup of coffee after three in the afternoon and expect to sleep in the evening.
我心思很重，我要是下午三点之后喝了杯咖啡，那晚上就别想睡了。
We had seconded to this project a fellow called Michael.
我们还有一个助手，叫麦克。
And Michael almost brought the project to a crashing halt.
麦克几乎把整个项目给搞砸了。
So the person who seconded him asked Tom and me,
麦克的继任者问我和汤姆，
"What do you make of Michael?"
“你们怎么评价麦克？”
Well, I'll tell you what Tom said in a minute. He spoke in classic "extrovert-ese."
我稍后再告诉你汤姆是怎么说的。他的回答是非常典型的外向型。
And here is how extroverted ears heard what I said, which is actually pretty accurate.
而我的回答嘛，其实在外向者听来应该是非常精确的。
I said, "Well Michael does have a tendency at times of behaving in a way that some of us might see
我说，“其实，麦克有时候的一些做法，在我们某些人看来
as perhaps more assertive than is normally called for."
也许过于自信了，可能有时候有点过分。”
Tom rolled his eyes and he said,
汤姆翻了个白眼说，
"Brian, that's what I said: he's an asshole!"
“布莱恩，这不就是我刚刚说的：他就是个混蛋！”
