金融英語口語 22.Stock Market (2)

[00:00.00]New Words [00:00.84]新單詞 [00:01.67]dividend n. [00:02.36]紅利，股息 [00:03.06]issue v. [00:03.67]發(fā)行 [00:04.28]loss n. [00:04.98]損失 [00:05.67]guarantee n. [00:06.40]保證，保障 [00:07.13]gamble n. [00:07.72]賭博 [00:08.31]Phrases & Expressions [00:10.27]make money [00:11.01]賺錢 [00:11.76]stock broker [00:12.51]股票經紀人 [00:13.27]S4:How can investors make money? [00:14.35]學4：投資者如何才能賺錢呢? [00:15.44]P:Good question! Investors who buy shares of stock in a company may make money in two ways. [00:19.50]史：問得好!在股市上買了某公司股票的投資者可通過兩種方式賺錢。 [00:23.56]They may begin to make money right away. [00:25.13]他們可能很快就賺錢。 [00:26.70]Suppose that a person invests in a company and the company makes money. [00:29.24]如果一個人買了效益很好的一家公司的股票， [00:31.79]The company shares this money with the investor. [00:33.58]公司與投資者共享所掙的錢， [00:35.37]This money shared is called a dividend. [00:37.04]這分享的錢叫紅利。 [00:38.71]Dividends are usually sent to investors once every three months as long as they own the stock. [00:42.28]紅利一般一季度分一次，只要他們擁有股票。 [00:45.84]A second way that investors may make money is to sell the stock at a higher price than they formerly bought. [00:49.87]第二種方式是投資者將股票以高于他們買時的價格賣出去，從而賺錢。 [00:53.89]The price of each share will go up if the company does very well. [00:56.03]如果公司經營有方，它們的股票會增值： [00:58.17]It may also go up for many other reasons. When it goes up, a person may sell it and make a profit. [01:02.00]其它許多原因也會使股票增值。一旦股票價格上揚，持有者就可把它們賣出以獲利。 [01:05.83]S3:Could you please give us an example to show how this process works? [01:07.70]學3：您能給我們舉個例子說明一下這個過程嗎? [01:09.56]P:Yes. For example, Mr.and Mrs. Brown have $1 000 to invest. [01:12.92]教授：可以，比如說，布朗夫婦想把1000美元用于投資。 [01:16.28]They talk to a stock broker who can help them to buy a good stock. He tells Mr. and Mrs. Brown about the Ward Pencil company, [01:20.76]他們找一位股票經紀人談。這位經紀人告訴布朗夫婦沃德筆公司的情況， [01:25.24]which is making a lot of money by manufacturing pencils and it is selling shares of stock in order to get money to expand. [01:29.67]這家公司通過生產筆賺了錢。為了得到擴大生意的資金，這家公司正在出售股份， [01:34.09]The shares cost $5.00 each. The Browns have decided to buy 100 shares of stock in the Ward Pencil Company. [01:38.90]每股5美元。布朗夫婦決定買100股。 [01:43.71]The broker fills this order, and the Browns own these 100 shares. [01:46.57]經紀人填了單，布朗夫婦就擁有100股。 [01:49.43]Three months later, the Ward Company issues a dividend of $1.00 a share. [01:52.78]三個月后，沃德公司發(fā)每股1美元的紅利。 [01:56.14]The Browns have 100 shares, so they get a $100 dividend. [01:59.31]布朗夫婦一共得了100美元。 [02:02.49]A year later, the company expands. It sells many more pencils. [02:05.39]一年以后，公司擴大，生意更火， [02:08.29]The price of the stock goes up to $6.00 a share. So the Browns get back $600, [02:12.48]股票價格漲到每股6美元，所以布朗一家共得到股息600美元。 [02:16.67]plus all of the money they have received in dividends. This is a very good investment. [02:20.04]他們的投資得到了可觀的回報。 [02:23.41]S1:It is also possible for the investors to get a complete loss, isn't it? [02:25.54]學1：投資也有可能什么也拿不回來，對嗎? [02:27.67]P:Investing money in the stock market is not at all the safest way in the world to make more money. [02:31.00]史：投資股市并非世界上最安全的賺錢方式。 [02:34.33]There is no guarantee, for example, that the Ward Pencil Company will do well, [02:37.27]例如，人們并不能保沃德筆公司會很興隆， [02:40.21]and that the stock will go up. The company may do badly. [02:42.65]股票會漲，該公司生意有可能很糟， [02:45.09]Then the stock will go down, and the investors will lose money. [02:47.42]股票會因此下跌，投資者就會賠錢。 [02:49.74]The stock may go up or down for a number of very complex reasons. [02:52.21]股票漲跌是由于許多復雜原因。 [02:54.68]Everyone wants the stock market to go up, but sometimes, [02:56.99]人人都希望股票上漲，有時， [02:59.30]even when a company does well the stock may go down. This is usually true for all stocks. [03:02.91]即便公司生意興隆，其股票也會下跌，對所有股票來說都如此。 [03:06.51]S2:You mean it is risky to invest money in the stock market? [03:08.26]學2：您的意思是投資于股票市場是有風險的? [03:10.01]P:Well, investing money in the stock market is a gamble. [03:12.24]史：投資股市是一場賭博， [03:14.46]Everyone hopes to make money by investing. [03:16.10]人人都希望投資股市賺錢。 [03:17.75]Companies that need money are glad that many people are willing to gamble in order to make money. [03:20.95]需資金的公司們很高興看到許多人因為想賺錢而賭博。 [03:24.15]The stock market is a very interesting and complex part of the business world. [03:27.14]股票市場是商業(yè)世界中一個非常有趣而復雜的部分。

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