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1、Source：English Language Adaptation Edition Experiencing Business English Coursebook 3,published by Higher Education Press Limited Company,Copyright 2020.Kieran Prior:Goldman Sachss whizz-kid wheeler dealer adapted from the Sunday Times Working on the noisy,frenetic trading desk at Goldman Sachss Lon
2、don offices on Fleet Street earlier this decade,Kieran Prior and John Yeatts,two bright and ambitious twentysomethings from very different worlds,became close friends.Although Prior,then 23,was just a year older than Yeatts when they met,he enjoyed giving practical advice,teasing the American about
3、his Saturday-night dates.Yeatts returned the favor.When traders ordered lunch delivered to their desks,Yeatts cut up Priors food and fed him one small bite at a time.Prior was born with a rare condition that affects his movement and impairs his speech.He cannot get out of his wheelchair unaided,and
4、has never been able to walk.Yet despite these physical limitations,Prior is thriving on Goldmans trading desk possibly the most demanding and competitive testing ground in finance winning the admiration of colleagues while gaining experience,confidence and responsibility.Its not easy managing invest
5、ments of any size for the high-powered trading machine that supplies much of the earnings of Wall Streets most profitable firm.It is extraordinary that Prior is able to do so with such physical limitations.Gary Williams,the former head of European equity trading,who hired Prior nearly eight years ag
6、o,has enormous respect for his determination.He is an exceptionally smart,perceptive guy who has purposefully risen to and overcome so many challenges,said Williams.The noise and hurly-burly of the trading floor make trading more difficult for someone in Kierans position,but the challenge actually a
7、ppeals to him.Intellectually,Prior,now 29,has few limits.Since joining Goldman as a financial analyst in the equity division in 2000,Prior whose IQ score of 238 puts him in the top 1%of the worlds population has risen from performing basic research analysis and trading Euro Stoxx futures to running
8、a$50m(25m)group of European equities and derivatives.Prior joined Goldman just four days after he graduated from university.Early on,he caught the attention of John Thornton,Goldmans then president,as Thornton was walking across the trading floor.Thornton stopped for a brief chat and was amazed.I co
9、uldnt help but be impressed,said Thornton.First of all,Kierans sheer,raw talent is impressive,and when you add to that the determination he shows getting through the day in a place like Goldman Sachs,which is so demanding,it is just breathtaking.Prior is free to invest in almost any business sector,but recently narrowed his focus to just 20 companies because of the extreme volatility in the markets.I joined Goldman in a bear market,he said,but these markets are the most difficult Ive ever seen,so Im just using this period of volatility to learn as much as I can.
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