450)h=450">公司老闆召集手下Lisa和Ken開會，商量公司上市的問題。上市有哪些風險呢？Ken說，K: Well, ---1---. If people don't think we're very valuable they won't buy our stock. And if no one buys our stock we'll lose a lot of prestige. L: I think I see the wisdom in Jerry's logic. ---2---. We've done very well so far but if we want to see serious growth it might be time to ditch our old business model and go public. Ken說，公司上市能看出公衆對他們公司是不是有信心。Lisa覺得，Jerry主張公司上市融資增加公司規模的邏輯有道理，I see the wisdom in Jerry's logic. 她覺得，公司是應該進入一個轉型期，a transitory period, 放棄原來的商業模式，改爲上市。Lisa用的ditch is spelled d-i-t-c-h, ditch是放棄，拋棄的意思。K: e. But I have my doubts. Remember all those companies back during the dot-com bust? They made their IPOs and a short time later, they were history.J: That's true. But don't forget, some of those companies made a killing.K: Okay, let's say we make a decision to go public; ---3---?Ken表示，自己還是持懷疑態度。I have my doubts. Ken 提到的 dot-com bust 是指1995年到2000年間的網絡泡沫，結果大批上市公司都成了 history. 形容某人或某事是 history，成爲歷史，意思是過氣了，再也不重要了。但是 Jerry 也說，Don't forget, some of those companies made a killing. 別忘了，其中很多公司都足足撈了一大筆。make a killing 意思是取得了巨大成功，尤其是指賺了很多錢。如果真要上市，每股定價多少呢？J: ---4---. People are looking for either a good deal or something safe. I think we should offer a good deal and not make our initial price too expensive.L: That's probably wise. But Jerry, have you really thought this through? You would essentially be giving up the company that your great-grandfather y覺得，現在市場上大家都在找上算的或是安全穩妥的股票，there isn't a lot of appetite for adventure. 沒有多少人願意冒險，所以Jerry建議股票定價不要過高。Lisa同意Jerry的看法，又問Jerry是不是考慮清楚了，think something through 是仔細考慮的意思。Jerry 會不會動搖呢？我們下次繼續聽。the day we offer stock for sale is the day we will see how much faith there is in our companyI see our company as entering a transitory periodwhat kind of price are we thinking about charging for our stockI don't think there's a lot of appetite for adventure in the market right now這篇材料你能聽出多少？點擊這裏做聽寫，提高外語水平>>
