聽力每日練習(xí) listen 995 Break Even

 
2--But what about when we break even? Let's listen. Break Even.
 
1--Hey, how is your friend's new business doing?
 
2--The first year her coffee shop was open she barely broke even.
 
1--That's not bad. Many small businesses don't even make it to the second year, let alone break even.
 
2--Yeah, but she is really hoping to actually earn a profit this year.
 
1--Breaking even means the point at which costs and earnings are equal.
 
2--Breaking even is not the worst thing to happen to a business. That would be going bankrupt.
 
1--But the point of being in business is to make a profit.
 
2--So, if your business is always breaking even, you may want to rethink your business model.
 
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注解：
 
1.usually通常
2.earnings收入
3.bankrupt破產(chǎn)的

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譯文：

1--我們打碎別人的東西時(shí)，通常認(rèn)為他會(huì)生氣。
2--但當(dāng)我們“break even”的時(shí)候呢？讓我們一起來聽聽看。不賺不賠
1--嗨，你朋友的新公司運(yùn)行如何？
2--她的咖啡店開張第一年的時(shí)候，幾乎不賺不賠。
1--還不錯(cuò)。許多小公司甚至都沒有撐到第二年，更別說不賺不賠了。
2--是的，可她真的希望今年能掙取利潤(rùn)。
1--不賺不賠表示，成本和收益平衡。
2--對(duì)于公司來說，不賺不賠并不是最壞的情況。最壞的情況就是破產(chǎn)了。
1--但是公司營(yíng)業(yè)的目的就是獲得利潤(rùn)。
2--因此，如果你的公司不賺不賠，你可能就要重新考慮公司的運(yùn)營(yíng)模式了。