“股神”巴菲特在走下坡路嗎？_2261

英語課程-“股神”巴菲特在走下坡路嗎？-英語會話

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英文班 This week, I could fulfill a childhood dream of owning a share of Berkshire Hathaway. 本周我就能實現兒時的夢想了：擁有伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司(Berkshire Hathaway Inc.)的股票。 When the company closes on its purchase of railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire is expected to split its fractional Class B shares 50 to 1, for a dollar value so low that even I could buy them (not that I will)! 隨著伯克希爾完成收購鐵路公司Burlington Northern Santa Fe的交易，預計其會以1拆50的比例拆分價格較低的B股，其價格將會低到連我都能買得起的水平（不表示我會買）！ But how Warren has turned my once-lofty sights so pedestrian. 然而巴菲特在我心目中曾經高高在上的形象怎么會變得如此平常了呢？ Spotting the anomaly of Berkshire's outsize shares in The Wall Street Journal tables nearly 25 years ago is my first memory of the stock market. The shares stuck out by trading at low quadruple digits compared to double digit stocks for all other companies. This had the same impact for me as charting the price of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card: it had allure and mystery because it traded for thousands. 25年前我在《華爾街日報》刊登的股價列表中注意到伯克希爾股價之高，那是我對股市的最初印象。伯克希爾當時的股價是四位數，而所有其他公司的股票價格都只是兩位數。對我來說，這就跟看到1952年Topps發行的米奇?曼托(Mickey Mantle)球員卡的效果一樣：既誘人又神秘，因為它的價格竟然上千。 Well, now, to accomodate his 'bet' on the American recovery, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett is believed to be bowing to the gods of tax-efficient mergers and gobbling up the rest of Burlington Northern with cash and split-shares of Berkshire's B Class. (And, eek, even a new issuance.) 而現在，作為他押注美國經濟復蘇的舉動之一，伯克希爾董事長兼首席執行長巴菲特據信將接受在稅負方面比較劃算的并購形式，以現金加拆分后的伯克希爾B股的形式收購其余的Burlington Northern股份。（甚至還發行了新股。） Yes, the sanctity of the A Class shares will remain, but all of a sudden Berkshire Hathaway will count thousands to millions of new shareholders and may even snag inclusion in the S&P 500. 沒錯，該公司A股依然是凜然不可一世，但突然之間，伯克希爾將會有成千上萬的新股東，甚至有可能被拒于標準普爾500指數成份股之外。 While I don't fault this shareholder-friendly transaction, I can't help think that Uncle Warren is going soft as he continues to plot his legacy as one of America's greatest creators of wealth. 盡管挑不出這樁對股東有利的交易的毛病，但我忍不住想，在巴菲特繼續演繹他作為美國最偉大的財富創造者之一的傳奇之時，他是否在走下坡路呢？ Just think of the example he's setting for his shareholder-value proteges. 想想此事對于那些信奉股東價值至上的巴菲特追隨者會有怎樣的影響吧。 Would Sergey and Larry 'do evil' and chop up Google shares for more tuck-in technology acquisitions? Could Microsoft dish out its tremendous cash hoard in a special one-time dividend? 谷歌創始人佩奇(Larry Page)和布林(Sergey Brin)會不會“作惡”，為了更有利可圖的技術并購而拆分谷歌的股票？微軟會不會將其天量現金用于發放特別的一次性股息？ Well, that once happened in 2003 after years of tech firms declaring that they were their own best stewards of cash. 呃，這種情況曾經在2003年發生過，在那之前的多年里，科技公司一直宣稱它們的現金最好還是攥在自己手里。 So, with Buffett splitting Berkshire shares once again, could the sin of a dividend be next on Buffett's bucket list? 那么，在巴菲特再度拆分伯克希爾股票之后，接下來會拿股息做文章嗎？ 英語進修

“豐胸皇后”熊黛林并非郭富城的另一半？_3574

英語課程-“豐胸皇后”熊黛林并非郭富城的另一半？-英語會話

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英文班 35D上圍的熊黛林已成為香港新一代“豐胸皇后”。事實上，熊黛林也的確“胸前偉大”，堪稱“乳中豪杰”，引人注目，風頭正勁。 英語進修

“峰值”石油寒了誰的心_530

英語課程-“峰值”石油寒了誰的心-英語會話

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英文班 New Year' eve has been and gone, but for oilmen, the party continues. On January 2nd, the first business day of the year, the price of their product topped $100 a barrel for the first time. Oil is now almost five times more expensive than it was at the beginning of 2002. 　　It would be natural to assume that ever increasing price reflects ever greater scarcity. And so it does, in a sense. Booming bits of the world, such as China, India and the Middle East have seen demand for oil grow with their economies. Meanwhile, Western oil firms, in particular, are struggling to produce any more of the stuff than they did two or three years ago. That has left little spare production capacity and, in America at least, dwindling stocks. Every time a tempest brews in the Gulf of Mexico or dark clouds appear on the political horizon in the Middle East, jittery markets have pushed prices higher. This week, it was a cold snap in America and turmoil in Nigeria that helped the price reach three figures. 　　No wonder, then, that the phrase “peak oil” has been gaining ground even faster than the oil price. With each extra dollar, the conviction grows that the planet has been wrung dry and will never be able to satisfy the thirst of a busy world. 　　Yet the fact that not enough oil is coming out of the ground does not mean not enough of it is there. There are many other explanations. For one thing, oil producers have tied their own hands. During the 1980s and 1990s, when the price was low and so were profits, they pared back hiring and investment to a minimum. Many ancillary firms that built rigs or collected seismic data shut up shop. Now oil firms want to increase their output again, they do not have the staff or equipment they need. 　　Worse, nowadays, new oil tends to be found in relatively inaccessible spots or in more unwieldy forms. That adds to the cost of extracting oil, because more engineers and more complex machinery are needed to exploit it—but the end of easy oil is a far remove from the jeremiads of peak-oilers. The gooey tar-sands of Canada contain almost as much oil as Saudi Arabia. Eventually, universities will churn out more geologists and shipyards more offshore platforms, though it will take a long time to make up for two decades of underinvestment. 　　The biggest impediment is political. Governments in almost all oil-rich countries, from Ecuador to Kazakhstan, are trying to win a greater share of the industry's bumper profits. The world is facing not peak oil, but a pinnacle of nationalism. 英語進修

“粉紅色的紙條”表示“解雇通知書”_635

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演講技巧 還記得在《流星花園》里，誰要是收到F4的紅紙條，那幾乎等于得到死刑審判，從此，在英德學院他將處處受難…… 公司裁員的時候，誰若收到pink slip（字面意：粉紅色的紙條），那他最好趕快打點行李，另謀出路。Pink slip表示“解雇通知書”。 Pink slip最早出現于20世紀初，指的是“員工周薪信封里夾著的粉紅色小紙條”，當然，收到“pink slip”的員工隨即將被解聘。至于為什么要用粉紅色，有解釋認為，粉紅色相對而言比較柔和，似乎可以慰藉被裁員工的“受傷心靈”。 和pink slip具有相同含義的另外兩種說法是“marching orders”和“walking papers”，其字面意是“下逐客令”，看例句：They're downsizing, and I got my walking papers last week.（公司裁員，我于上周收到了解聘書。） 與fire（開除）有所不同，收到pink slip, marching orders或walking papers，往往是由于公司財務欠佳，不得不裁員。而fire多半是由于你不稱職或犯了錯而被“炒魷魚”。另外，介乎pink slip和fire之間的是lay off（暫停雇用）。 當然，在日常生活中，“I am pink slipped”（我被公司裁掉了）這句話還是不說為妙，我們寧可告訴別人：I dismiss my boss. （我把老板給炒了。） 演講課程

“代理”英語必會這十七句話_284

英文進修-“代理”英語必會這十七句話-英語拼音

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演講技巧 　很多外國企業都在中國選擇代理商來為他們打開市場、銷售貨物。那么，要求做某家公司的代理該怎么"開口"呢？我們一起來看看吧！ 　　1、I would like to discuss with you our agency of your electric fans. 　　我想同貴方商談你們電風扇的代理問題。 　2、I wonder whether your firm is represented in our country. 　　我不知道貴公司在我國是否有代理。 　　3、We would be glad if you would consider our application to act as agents for the sale of your product in our country. 　　如果貴方能考慮我們的申請使我們成為貴公司產品在我國市場的銷售代理的話，我們會很高興的。 　　4、We are pleased to offer you an exclusive agency for the sale of our products in your country. 　　我們很樂意指定你們成為我方產品在貴國的獨家代理。 　　5、We are pleased that you are prepared to appoint us as your sole agent for your products. 　　對貴方有意指定我們成為貴方產品的獨家代理，我們感到很高興。 　　6、We're favorably impressed by your proposal for sole distribution. 　　對貴方建議由我方擔任獨家經銷商一事，我們頗感興趣。 　　7、 Thank you for offering us the sales contract for your products and we appreciate the confidence you have placed in us. 　　謝謝貴方提出讓我們代理你們的產品，我們很感激你們對我們所表示的信心。 　　8、 If you give us the agency, we will spare no effort to further your interests. 　　如果貴方給予我們代理權，我們將不遺余力為貴方爭取利益。 　　9、As your agents, we'll make greater efforts to push the sale of your products. 　　作為你們的代理，我們將會更加努力地推銷你方產品。 　　10、We will increase our turnover if you appoint us as your sole agent. 　　如果你方指定我們作為獨家代理，我們將增加我們的銷售量。 　　11、 We'd like to sign a sole agency agreement with you on your electric fans for a period of three years. 　　我們想同你方簽訂一項為期三年專營電扇的獨家代理協議。 　　12、I think you know already that I want to discuss the representation of your alarm clocks. 　　想必你已知道，我想和你方商談鬧鐘的代理事宜。 　　13、We usually get a 10% commission of the amount on every deal. 　　通常我們取得的傭金是每筆成交額的10%。 演講課程

“吃某人的口水”怎么說_2342

英文進修-“吃某人的口水”怎么說-英語拼音

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演講技巧 我想很多人都不喜歡吃別人吃過的東西或是喝別人喝過的東西吧，也就是不喜歡吃別人的口水。這種大家分享一塊食物、一瓶飲料的事情在中國是比較常見的了，在美國是比較少見，不過在美國的某一個場合還是挺普遍的，是什么呢？就是看球賽的時候。老美去看球賽時，通常會走私一些酒類進去，就那么一瓶威士忌，自然是你一口我一口了。 對于對此有忌諱的人來講，喝與不喝 "To drink or not to drink?" 恐怕是個難題。 小笨霖同學也曾遇到過這樣的難題。有一次，當他正在享受他的飲料的時候，一個老美問可不可以喝一口。因為笨霖已經喝過，所以不太好意思拿給他。老美看他有點遲疑，大概也猜到他在想什么，就說，"That's OK. I trust your mouth." 原來當老美說 "I trust your mouth." 時就表示"我不介意你的口水"喔！ 所以想當然爾，要是你不想吃別人的口水，你就可以說 "No offense, but I don't trust your mouth." 當然啦，這句話有點冒犯之意，所以最好是以開玩笑的口吻而且最好是用在熟人身上會比較安全一點。倒是 "I trust your mouth." 這樣的用法倒是可以學起來，雖然這并不是什么約定俗成的講法，但真的有老美是這樣用的。類似的講法你也可以說"I'm not worried about your germs."等等，但都沒有這個傳神了。 演講課程

“白娘子”劉濤成為“王太太”_3044

英語課程-“白娘子”劉濤成為“王太太”-英語會話

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英文班 繼田亮、葉一茜傳出結婚消息后，昨日娛樂圈再傳喜訊，在《天龍八部》中扮演阿朱、《白蛇傳》中扮演白娘子的劉濤，昨日在自己的博客上發表文章《終結者》，以詩意的筆調透露了結婚的消息，她在文章結尾處寫道：“從今以后我又多了一個稱謂：王太太……”早報記者致電劉濤的助理趙小姐，趙小姐承認劉濤已婚，并表示結婚不會影響劉濤的演藝圈工作。 劉濤在文中深情地寫道：“我的終結者……謝謝你的勇氣和決心讓我們合為一體，更謝謝你無比寬厚無私的愛……”她還貼了一張無名指戴著金戒指的手部照片。 至于劉濤到底何時、與誰結婚了呢？記者了解到有網友目擊劉濤是在9月27日登記結婚的。據目擊者稱：“劉濤穿了高跟鞋，比小新郎高了小半頭。照合影的時候，小新郎踩著板子才比劉濤高半頭的。”而隨即記者從一位知情人處了解到，劉濤的王姓丈夫在廣州做生意，年齡比劉濤小，家境非常富裕，兩人是劉濤在廣東拍攝《外來媳婦本地郎》時認識的。 關于劉濤結婚與知情人對新郎的描述，記者致電劉濤的經紀人李先生，李先生把電話轉給劉濤的助理趙小姐，趙小姐說：“劉濤博客里說的都是真的，對于新郎的描述也是真的。”劉濤結婚是否會影響到她將來在演藝事業上的發展呢？趙小姐說：“她對未來的選擇，戀愛也好、結婚也好，我們都尊重并祝福她。但是她的事業是由我們規劃的，她現在正在做的工作都已經排到明年了，我想結婚是不會有什么影響的。” 英語進修