When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.

　　although 用法释义：

　　虽然;尽管;即使

　　◆Although the sun was shining, it wasn't very warm.

　　尽管太阳高照，却不很暖和。

　　不过;然而

　　◆I felt he was wrong, although I didn't say so at the time.

　　我觉得他错了，不过我当时没有说出来。

　　参考译文

　　当我决定辞去我的全职工作时， 我从未想到我会成为新国际潮流的一部分。一次平级的人事调动伤害了我的自尊心，并阻碍了我事业的发展，这促使我放弃了自己相对高调的职业生涯，然而，以像丢脸的政府部长的方式，我声称“ 我想花更多的时间和我的家人在一起”来掩饰我的辞职。