商务英语情景口语100主题Stockholders股东
Stockholders 股东
Dialogues
Dialogue 1
A: How often are stockholders meetings held?
A: 股东大会多长时间开一次？
B: Stockholders meetings are held biannually. Usually the meetings are scheduled for spring and fall. In between the meetings, each stockholder receives biannual reports. Financial statements are made once a year.
B: 股东大会每半年召开一次。会议通常定在春秋两季。两会之间，每位股东都会收到每年两次的总结报告。财务报告是一年一次。
A: What percentage of the stockholders actually attend the meetings? I'm guessing not a large percentage...
A: 实际参加会议的股东占多大比例？ 我想不会太大……
B: You're right, it's a low percentage. Also, in order to attend meetings, you have to hold a certain amount of shares. It's quite a large number, so most of the stockholders are excluded from proceedings.
B: 你说的没错，比例很小。而且要想参加会议，你必须持有一定数量的股份。这可不是小数目，所以大多数股东都不能被列入会议记录。
A: So, how much say do the stockholders really have?
A: 那股东的发言权究竟有多大？
B: Unless, they're united, very little...
B: 除非他们团结一致，否则权利很小……
Dialogue 2
A: At their last meeting, the stockholders voted unanimously to block the merger of our company with Blycore. All the executive committee was in favor of the merger... I don't understand how the stockholders could have so much power to throw a wrench in the plans...
A: 上次会议，股东一致投票阻挠我们公司与布莱考公司合并。但所有的执行委员会成员都赞成合并。我不明白股东怎么会有那么大的权利阻碍计划的实施……
B: If they all unite on a certain issue, it's the stockholders who have the final say. You'd think it might be our CEO or the workers, but in fact, the stockholders control the money so they have the most power.
B: 如果他们在某一问题上团结一致，那股东就有最终的决定权。你会认为有决定权的可能是我们的执行总裁或工人，可事实是股东控制着钱，所以他们的权利最大。
A: Is it really that simple? It doesn't seem very efficient to run things that way.
A: 真的就那么简单吗？ 好像这样管理效率不会很高……
B: It might not be the most efficient, but if you think about it, it makes pretty good sense. The stockholders are our investors. They own the capital in our company, so they should have say about what is done with the company.
B: 这也许不是最有效的办法，但是仔细想想，也很有道理。毕竟股东是我们的投资方，他们拥有公司的资本，所以他们应该对公司的决策有发言权。
A: I guess I'd buy that....
A: 我看我得承认是这么回事……
