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Later, William went to another blood testing laboratory. But this one was a public health laboratory. And the system worked very differently. There was no need for as many workers. Instead, there were machines!
后来，威廉又去了另一家验血实验室。但这家实验室是公共卫生实验室。那里的系统工作方式非常不同。这里不需要那么多工人。取而代之的是机器！
This was a better method. It saved time and human effort.
这是一种更好的方法。可以节省时间以及人力。
People will always produce results that are a little different. They are not machines! But a machine does not make human mistakes! It produces exactly the same results each time. William thought this method was excellent!
人总是会产生一些不同的结果。他们不是机器！但机器不会犯人类的错误！它每次都能产生完全相同的结果。威廉认为这种方法非常好！
And then, he had an idea! The chemistry laboratory had made him think of a kitchen.
然后，他有了一个主意！化学实验室让他想到了厨房。
He also thought of the struggles people had in making sadza. Machines could make sadza! They would save time and effort. And machines would prevent human mistakes.
他还想到了人们在制作萨扎时的痛苦。机器可以制作萨扎！这将节省时间和精力。而且机器可以防止人为错误。
William knew that he had a good idea. But he also knew that he was not yet ready to create the machine.
威廉明白这是个好点子，但是他也知道，他还没有准备好去创造这台机器。
He needed to study more before he could make his idea work.
他需要更多的学习，才能使他的想法奏效。
He said, ‘I needed to do a lot of work to make this idea into a business. I needed financial management. Most new business people fail in this area. So I went and joined a firm.’
他说：'要把这个想法变成一项事业，我需要做很多工作。我需要财务管理。大多数创业新人都在这方面失败了。所以我加入了一家公司。
At the firm, William worked hard to gain the business skills he needed. He was patient.
在公司里，威廉努力工作以获得他所需的商业技能。他很有耐心。
He knew the time would come to make his Gwatamatic Machine. William knew it was not going to be easy. No one had ever built such a machine before.
他知道，制造 Gwatamatic 机器的时候到了。威廉知道这并不容易。从来没有人制造过这样的机器。
Also there were the struggles of everyday life in his country of Zimbabwe.
同时，在他的祖国津巴布韦，日常生活中也存在着斗争。
And, as with any new idea, there were always people ready to tell him he would fail! So were there times when he felt like giving up?
与任何新想法一样，总有人随时准备告诉他，他会失败！那么，他是否有想放弃的时候呢？
