玫琳凯：美容产品行业的领导者
📖 逐句对照翻译
Mary Kay Cosmetics is an international company that sells beauty products.
玫琳凯化妆品是一家销售美容产品的国际公司。
One woman started the business in the 1960s with an investment of $5,000.
一位女士在20世纪60年代以5000美元的投资创办了这家企业。
Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born in the state of Texas in 1918.
玛丽·凯瑟琳·瓦格纳于1918年出生在得克萨斯州。
For much of her childhood, she cared for her sick father while her mother worked long hours at a restaurant.
在她童年的大部分时间里，她都照顾着生病的父亲，而母亲则在餐馆里长时间工作。
Mary Kay married Ben Rogers when she was 17 years old.
玛丽·凯17岁时嫁给了本·罗杰斯。
They had three children before he left home to serve in World War Two.
他们在他离家参加第二次世界大战之前已经有了三个孩子。
When he returned, their marriage ended.
当他回来时，他们的婚姻结束了。
Mary Kay looked for a job so she could support her children.
玫琳凯找了一份工作，以便能养活她的孩子们。
She began selling different kinds of products.
她开始销售不同种类的产品。
One night, Mary Kay was showing products at the home of Ova Heath Spoonemore.
一天晚上，玫琳凯在奥瓦·希思·斯普尼莫尔家中展示产品。
Ms. Spoonemore began giving her guests some homemade skin care products.
斯普纳莫尔女士开始给她的客人们一些自制的护肤品。
The products were developed by her father, J.W. Heath, in Arkansas.
这些产品是由她的父亲J.W.希思在阿肯色州开发的。
Mary Kay tried the skin care products and liked them.
玫琳凯试用了这些护肤品，并且很喜欢。
She bought the rights to Heath’s skin care products and started her own company.
她买下了希斯护肤产品的经营权，并创办了自己的公司。
She paid $500 for the legal rights to the products.
她花了500美元购买这些产品的合法权利。
And in 1963, The Mary Kay Cosmetics company began operating in Dallas, Texas.
1963年，玫琳凯化妆品公司在德克萨斯州达拉斯市开始运营。
The idea was to sell skin care products through demonstrations in homes and offices.
这个想法是通过在家庭和办公室进行演示来销售护肤品。
Independent sales representatives bought beauty products from the company and sold them at higher prices.
独立销售代表从该公司购买美容产品，然后以更高的价格出售。
Mary Kay decided that each representative who brought other saleswomen into the company would receive part of the new person’s earnings.
玫琳凯决定，每一位引荐其他女销售员加入公司的代表都将获得新成员收入的一部分。
That way, experienced sales representatives would be willing to train new ones.
这样，经验丰富的销售代表就愿意培训新员工了。
By 1965, the company was selling almost one million dollars in products.
到1965年，该公司销售的产品价值已接近一百万美元。
Mary Kay Cosmetics became one of the most successful direct sellers of skin care products in America.
玫琳凯化妆品公司成为美国最成功的护肤品直销商之一。
It continues to have sales offices and representatives in many different countries.
它在许多不同的国家仍设有销售办事处和代表。
Mary Kay aimed to grow sales based on the idea that it is best to compete against yourself.
玫琳凯旨在基于与自己竞争才是最好的这一理念来促进销售增长。
That means every individual is trying to beat their own sales records.
这意味着每个人都在努力打破自己的销售记录。
Prizes for high sales marks included special paid holidays and jewelry.
高销售业绩的奖品包括特别带薪假期和珠宝。
Until a few years ago, a pink Cadillac was a top prize.
直到几年前，一辆粉色凯迪拉克还是头等奖品。
After her third husband, Mel Ash, died of cancer in 1980, she wanted to help find a cure for the disease.
1980年，她的第三任丈夫梅尔·阿什因癌症去世后，她希望能为寻找这种疾病的治疗方法出一份力。
At first, she helped organizations raise money for research.
起初，她帮助各组织为研究筹集资金。
Later, she started the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit group that provides money to support research on cancers affecting women.
后来，她创立了玫琳凯·艾施慈善基金会，这是一个非营利组织，为影响女性的癌症研究提供资金支持。
In 2001, the company and foundation expanded their goals to help prevent violence against women.
2001年，该公司和基金会扩大了其目标，以帮助预防针对女性的暴力行为。
Mary Kay Ash also wrote three books.
玫琳凯·艾施还写了三本书。
She worked in her business until she suffered a stroke in 1996.
她一直经营着自己的生意，直到1996年遭遇中风。
She died in 2001.
她于2001年去世。
Sales representatives say Mary Kay developed a way for women to earn money and still spend time with their families.
销售代表们表示，玫琳凯为女性开辟了一条既能赚钱又能兼顾家庭的途径。
I’m Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马特奥。
Nancy Steinbach wrote this story for VOA Special English.
南希·斯坦巴克为VOA慢速英语撰写了这篇报道。
Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安娜·马特奥为VOA英语学习频道改编了此内容。
