[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(jīng)紀(jì)人
[00:13.27]S4:How can investors make money?
[00:14.35]學(xué)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(gè)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(shí)的價(jià)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(jīng)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(jià)格上揚(yáng),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(xué)3:您能給我們舉個(gè)例子說明一下這個(gè)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(jīng)紀(jì)人談。這位經(jīng)紀(jì)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(chǎn)筆賺了錢。為了得到擴(kuò)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(jīng)紀(jì)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(gè)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(kuò)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(jià)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(bào)。
[02:23.41]S1:It is also possible for the investors to get a complete loss, isn't it?
[02:25.54]學(xué)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(fù)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(shí),
[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(xué)2:您的意思是投資于股票市場是有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)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?yàn)橄胭嶅X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(gè)非常有趣而復(fù)雜的部分。