評(píng)論
打印
New Words
新單詞
Toronto n.
多倫多
shares n.
股份，股票
raise v.
積累，籌集
Phrases & Expressions
短語
stock exchange
股票交易所
go public
上市
S1:Professor Smith, we have known many interesting things about the western society in the class.
學(xué)1：史密斯教授，我們?cè)谡n上已經(jīng)了解很多關(guān)于西方社會(huì)的有趣事情。
What are we going to learn today?
我們今天要學(xué)什么呢？
P:The stock market.
史：股票市場(chǎng)。
A:The stock market?
全：股票市場(chǎng)？
P:Yes. Do you know anything about the stock market?
教授：是的。關(guān)于股票市場(chǎng)，你們都知道些什么呢？
S2:No more than the name itself. Stock market is new in China.
學(xué)2：就是知道這個(gè)名稱而已，股票在中國(guó)還是很新的東西。
P:In the largest cities in many countries, you may want to visit the stock exchange.
史：在許多國(guó)家的大城市里，你可能應(yīng)該去看看它們的股票交易所。
There are stock exchanges in Paris, London, Tokyo, Toronto, and many other places.
巴黎、倫敦、東京、多倫多等許多城市都有股票交易所，
One of the largest, most famous, and most important stock exchanges in the world is located in New York City.
而其中最大，最有名的也最重要的是紐約股票交易所。
The market, as a stock exchange is sometimes called,
股票市場(chǎng)，或股票交易所，
is important to many people because they make money by investing in it.
對(duì)許多人來說很重要，因?yàn)樗麄兿朐谶@里投資賺錢。
Today, we will explain the stock exchange itself and describe the process of investing money in the stock market.
今天，我們要解釋一下什么是股票交易所，以及如何投資。
First, can you tell me what a market is?
首先，你們能告訴我什么是市場(chǎng)嗎？
S3:A market is a place where people sell things and buy things.
學(xué)3：市場(chǎng)是人們買東西和賣東西的地方。
P:Yes, the stock market is also a place where an exchange of things takes place.
教授：是的，股票市場(chǎng)也是一個(gè)買賣交換的場(chǎng)所，
The things exchanged at the stock market are shares of stocks in business or companies.
只不過股票市場(chǎng)買賣的是公司或企業(yè)的股份。
S4:What are shares?
學(xué)4：什么是股份？
P:Shares represent a partial ownership of the company. In other words, if you buy shares of stock in a business.
教授：股份代表著某公司的部分所有權(quán)。換句話說，如果你買了一個(gè)企業(yè)的股份，
you become a partial owner of the business. The stock market, or stock exchange, then,
你就成為了這個(gè)企業(yè)的所有人之一，在股票市場(chǎng)，或者股票貿(mào)易所，
is a place where people can buy or sell shares in a particular company or business.
人們進(jìn)行某個(gè)公司或企業(yè)的股份買賣。
S5:Why do people buy or sell shares?
學(xué)5：為什么人們要買賣股份呢？
P:Many different kinds of people buy stocks in the stock market.
教授：各種各樣的人在交易所里買賣股票：
Some of these people are very wealthy. They have a lot of money;
有些人很富有，
they have much more money than they really need for everyday living expenses.
他們除了日常開銷外還剩很多錢，
They buy stocks in hopes of getting more money than they have. Other people are not very rich,
他們買股票是希望得到更多的錢，有些人不太富有，
but they buy stocks anyway. They may buy it in order to become rich;
是為了想變成富有的人
or they may buy it as part of a plan to save money.
或是把它作為存錢的一種方式。
There are still many other reasons why people buy and sell stocks.
人們買賣股票還有許多別的原因，
In general, everyone who buys and sells stocks hopes to make money.
但總之，每個(gè)人都是為了賺錢。
All the people who buy stocks are actually investing money in a company or business. They are called...
所有買了某公司或企業(yè)股票的人實(shí)際上是在向這個(gè)公司或企業(yè)投資，他們被稱為-----
S5:Investors. Why does a company want to share its money with other people, then?
S5：投資者。那么為什么一個(gè)公司都愿意和別人分享所有權(quán)呢？
P:There are various reasons. By selling stocks a company can get the money it needs to expand.
史：有各種原因。通過銷售股票，一個(gè)公司可能得到它發(fā)展所需的資金。
Sometimes, it is advantageous for a company to "go public" for tax reasons.
有時(shí)，一個(gè)公司是為了繳稅有利而"上市"的。
The company may save money on taxes by selling shares on the stock exchange.
該公司在股票交易所賣股份可節(jié)省稅金。
When a company is in debt to banks, by selling stocks,
當(dāng)一個(gè)公司欠銀行的錢,公司也可能出售股票
it may be able to pay the banks. Many companies sell their stocks for this reason.
來償還銀行的錢 。許多公司出售股票的是為了這個(gè)原因。
However, the reasons why companies sell their stocks on the stock exchange are often complex.
但是公司在股票出售股票的原因是很復(fù)雜的。
In general, those who sell shares of stock on the stock exchange need to raise money for one reason or another.
總之，這些公司在股市上出售股票都是為了這樣和那樣的目的而籌集資金。
