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电大财经英语教材课文翻译及练习答案--第1页 电大财经英语教材课文翻译及练习答案 Unit 1 Steve talks about his company Xiaoyan helps her friends, Mary and Polly. They have a party at Caffe Roma. Franco is their friend who owns this restaurant. They buy the wine and food wholesale. They cooperate to save money. Xiaoyan meets Steve Bracken who is an import director. He talks about his company. It buys raw materials from one country whose resources are cheap. It buys parts from another country where labour costs are low. It puts them together in a third country. Then it imports the products into Britain where they are sold. Steve cooperates with many companies. His business model makes a food profit. 晓燕帮助她的朋友，Mary 和 Polly。 她们在 Caffe Roma 餐厅举行聚会。Franco 是她 们的朋友，他是这家餐厅的老板。餐厅以批发的形式买入酒和食物。他们合作以节约开支。 晓燕遇到一位负责进口的公司主管Steve Bracken。他谈论了自己的公司。他的公司从资 源便宜的国家购买原材料，从另一个劳动力成本低的国家购买零部件，再在第三个国家将 它们拼装组合，然后该公司将这些产品进口到英国出售。Steve 和很多公司合作。他们的 商业模式盈利良好。 Steve describes some business models Steve says companies want to earn a profit. One company may accept lower profits. They can quickly gain a large market share. While another company may seek higher profit margins. They sell luxury goods that have high brand value. Most companies try to cut costs using the cheapest suppliers and workers. But a few companies adopt a ?green? model that takes care of the environment. They pay their workers a fair wage, which in not the lowest. Other companies use a start-up model. They grow very fast during the first few years when their product is in great demand. But sometimes they fail after three or four year. This is common in the city where they grow very fast at first but sometimes they fail after a few years. Some have a business model which is not