A Japanese company and an American company had a boat race; the Japanese won by a mile.
一家日本公司和一家美国公司进行划船比赛；日本公司以一英里之强获胜。
The Americans hired analysts to figure out what went wrong. They reported that the Japanese had one person managing and seven rowing, while the Americans had seven managing and only one rowing.
美国公司雇了一些赛场分析员。那些分析员报告说，日本公司有1 名管理人员和7 名划船手，而美国公司则有7 名管理人员，只有1 名划船手。
The American company immediately reconstructed its team. Now they had one senior manager, six management consultants and one rower.
美国公司马上又进行了重新编组。这次，他们有1 名高级管理人才、6 名管理顾问和1 名划船手。
In the rematch the Japanese won by two miles. So the American company fired the rower.
在第二场比赛中，日本人以两英里的优势大获全胜。于是，美国公司解雇了划船手。
