时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:地道英语在线听


英语课




A Calculator and a chart
Are you a stakeholder?






Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen.

Zoë: 大家好,欢迎收听地道英语,我是刘佳。


Helen: Today we're going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language.


Zoë: 地道英语和大家一起学习英语中的新词汇和新用法。Helen, 咱们今天的新词儿是?


Helen: Today’s new word is 'stakeholder' – S.T.A.K.E.H.O.L.D.E.R. – stakeholder.


Zoë: Stakeholder. 是什么意思呢?


Helen: Well, it's a little complicated, so listen carefully. A stakeholder is a person who owns part of a business.


Zoë: stakeholder 就是一个公司的股东,它持有这个公司的一部分股票。给我们来举个具体的例子吧,Helen.


 


Helen: Certainly. If people have money, they may buy shares in a company. This means they have a stake in that company. They become a stakeholder.


Zoë: 这回就更明白了, Stakeholder 就是持有公司部分股票的人。那我们通常都怎么用它呢?


Helen: Well, it's a business word, so you'll hear it if you listen to business news on the TV or radio, and you might read it in the business section of a newspaper.


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A: Who's that man, Bob?


B: That's Derek. He's a major stakeholder in my company. He invested a lot of money in the business when I first started.


Zoë: Are you a stakeholder in any businesses, Helen?


Helen: No. I spend all my money too quickly to become a stakeholder!


Zoë: But do you think it's a good idea to be a stakeholder?


Helen: Yes. As long as the business you invest in is successful.


Zoë: Why is that?


Helen: Well, any stakeholders would lose their money if a business fails.


Zoë: I suppose so.


Helen: Well, being a stakeholder is a risk. Anyway, let's recap – stakeholder is –


Zoë: a stakeholder 就是一个公司的股东。Well, it looks like we are out of time.


Helen: Yes, we have to go. You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon. Bye.


Zoë: See you next time.



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angioreticuloendothelioma
ash shatrah (shatra)
autarky
bichotomously
billow maidens
bioregionalists
Brantsovka
break in the arrow
bundle off
caudigera
center for occupational education
center of mean distance
chandras
cislunar
collision injury
column adaptor
complementophil
copera
crystal finish
culturatis
decentralization system
declination compass
default of obligation
diarch
discharge table
dotlike
effusivity
emodensis
excess-three representation
exoticises
fanfold paper
flower-gentle
Gingelom
glomerulosclerosis
hutus
inspection office
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kufil
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larkiest
lay-readers
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Los Roques, Is.
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match rope
memory machine
meter scale
minassians
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non compensable
pent roofs
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phonetic letter coding
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prior patient location
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Radar Research and Development Establishment
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rosin's law
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schmoozer
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sector boundary
shallow-water
short-yardage
single-action drawing die
slotting wheel
southold
spirelet
spring up in sb's mind
sproatleys
stress tensor
Struer
Tahirih
taking drug following its infusion
trentals
unbreakableness
universal velocity distribution
unpledged assets
water screen header
wet AMD
wheel slide dump (control) valve
whistle beef
yell out an oath
ziggies