原创英汉双语小说：《股票与英语》{43}

 

‘Alas, you have a perfect eloquence, baby. I fail to debate with you. I have to submit to the will of Heaven.’

‘Molly, I take a good view to the wind power generators. When I took the interview in GE, I told the interviewers about the generators. In China the products will have broad development future. I am going to visit the factory next week. Will you go with me, belle?’

‘I am sorry, I won’t. I will visit my clients to discuss the market with them. You see, every morning you must learn English and you have to visit the factory in the afternoon. I generally visit my clients in the afternoon because they don’t like to be visited in the morning. What’s more, I am not interested in technology. I am afraid I will feel tedious when I am in the factory.’ She seems to lose interests in his business. He doesn’t want to push her. It will be convenient for him to go there.

‘唉，宝贝儿，你真能说会道，人家讲不过你，只好听天由命吧。’

‘茉莉，我看好风力发电机的前景。在GE面试时，我跟面试官讲过这种发电机。在中国，这种产品有广阔的前途。下周，我要参观参观那家工厂。跟我一起去吧。’

‘对不起，我去不了。下周要拜访客户，跟他们讨论股票行情。你每天上午要学英语，只能下午去参观工厂，而我只能下午去见客户，他们上午没时间。还有，我对技术一窍不通，工厂的事多乏味啊。’看样子，她对他的事失去了兴趣，还是别勉强为好，反正一个人去更方便些。

 

The generator factory is in the suburb where there is an industrial park. Only high-tech enterprises are allowed to rent the houses in the park. The factory has a large yard which contains two rows of buildings. One of them is a four-story building used as a workshop. The other is two-story one in which there are some offices. Jack meets John in his office on the second floor. John is busy working when Jack enters.

发电机厂在郊区的工业园里，只有高科技企业才允许进驻其中。发电机厂的院子很大，有两座楼房，一座四层，是厂房；另一座是两层，是办公楼。杰克在办公楼二楼找到约翰，后者正忙。

‘Hello, John, see you once again.’

‘Hello, Jack, sit down, please. Have a cup of tea?’ John is an ardent host.

‘Thank you, John. What are you busy with?’

‘I am checking the new product blueprints. Next month we will arrange the production of it.’

‘How many types of products have you made, may I ask?’ Jack asks prudently.

‘Not many, only two including this new one. As you know we are in initial stage now.’

‘What’s the capacity each year?’

‘Five hundred sets this year, but so far we have just finished 20 sets. The market is not a problem. The issue is how to expand the capacity. As this is a private enterprise we can’t get loans from banks. The finance is a large problem.’

‘你好，约翰，又见面了。’

‘你好，杰克，请坐，来杯茶？’约翰热情地招呼客人。

‘谢谢。忙什么哪？’

‘看看图纸，下个月要安排生产。’

‘贵厂有多少种产品，方便说吗？’杰克谨慎地问道。

‘没多少。算上这种，才两种。你也知道，这个厂还在创业阶段。’

‘年产量多少？’

‘今年是500台，可是，目前只完成20台。市场不错，问题是要扩大产能。这是个民营企业，拿不到银行贷款，融资是个大问题。’

‘How big is your registered capital?’ The problem interests Jack.

‘Two million, it is small factory.’

‘Is it a joint-stock company?’

‘Yes, it is. You’d like to invest?’ John wants to know Jack’s purpose.

‘It depends on. May I know the partnership structure?’ He needs further information.

‘Mr. Lee is the largest stockholder owning fifty percent. Steven owns thirty percent. I own ten and the left ten percent is owned by the other employees.’

‘How much money do you need now?’ Jack mentions an essential issue.

‘The more the better, but at least another two million is necessary.’

‘As much as that, in that case the boss will be the investor. Does Mr. Lee like the idea? It means he will lose his leading position.’ Jack’s interests become more.

‘To tell you the truth, he intends to quit from the field. He is afraid that nobody likes to take over the factory. He plans to be immigrant to Canada as an investor. He needs a lot of money in cash. He doesn’t have mood to run the factory now.’

‘Why did Steven choose him as a partner?’ Jack enjoys the talking.

‘注册资本是多少？’杰克对他们的融资问题有兴趣。

‘两百万，很小。’

‘股份公司？’

‘对，你想投资？’约翰想了解杰克的目的。

‘看情况吧。贵厂的投资结构如何？’他需要更多的情况。

‘李先生是大股东，持有百分之五十股份。史蒂文百分之三十，我百分之十，其他员工百分之十。’

‘眼下需要多少资金？’杰克直指实质问题。

‘越多越好，至少二百万。’

‘不少啊。那样的话，老板就要换成新的投资人了。李先生愿意吗？那意味着他要下台了。’杰克的兴趣更浓了。

‘说实在的，他正打算退出这个领域，就怕没有人肯接手。他计划移民加拿大，投资移民，需要大量现金，已经没心思做下去了。’

‘史蒂文干嘛找他合作呢？’杰克想知道得更多。

‘Mr. Lee is from Hong Kong. At the beginning he is interested in the products. By and by he finds his investment won’t be repaid in a short term. He loses heart and intends to retire. Steven frowns to this but he can do nothing about it. He has to let it be. I am afraid the factory will be closed if nobody wants to take it over.’

‘How is the technological staff here?’ He asks another essential question.

‘We have ten engineers and twenty technicians here. Steven is the chief designer.’

‘Thank you for your information, John. I don’t want to disturb you much. Good-bye,’ Jack intends to talk with Steven some time.

‘See you, Jack.’ 

‘李先生是香港人，一开始对这个产品很有兴趣，后来，发现投资周期太长，就灰心丧气，想打退堂鼓了。史蒂文对此很伤脑筋，可是，束手无策，只好随他去。如果没有人接手，这个厂子怕是撑不下去了。’

‘技术力量怎么样？’他问了第二个关键问题。

‘十个工程师，二十多个技术员。史蒂文是总设计师。’

‘谢谢你的介绍，约翰，我不打扰了，再见。’杰克想找时间跟史蒂文聊聊。

‘再见，杰克。’

 

‘You have made a big progress in oral English, baby.’ One morning Molly praises Jack. ‘How long have you been learning oral English this time?’

‘Not very long, but over two months. I realize that I can speak more. That is it.
The method is really useful. The most important thing is that I spend much time on it. Sometimes I even think that I am demented. I bought an electrical dictionary specially. Every time I see or think of something in Chinese I immediately interpret it into English. When I encounter some Chinese words I don’t know how to interpret I look up the dictionary. Last month I went to visit a technological exhibition where I encounter many new words. I interpreted them one by one. I learned nearly a hundred new words then. I remember fifty new words from Chinese into English by heart every day. In the way the teacher recommended, I review the new words regularly. The result is wonderful. I can remember all the new words I have learned.’

‘宝贝儿，你的英语口语水平有很大进步啊。’一天早晨，茉莉表扬杰克。这次学了多长时间？’

‘不太长，两个多月。我觉自己越来越能讲了。这个方法很灵啊。最重要的是我投入了大量的时间。有时，觉得人都要疯了。专门配备了电子词典。每次看到或者想到什么，就立刻把它翻译成英语，遇到生词就查词典。上个月去参观一个技术展览会，一次学了一百个生词。每天记五十个汉译英单词，然后按时复习，就是老师教的方法，记忆效果非常好，几乎都记住了。

‘Congratulations! Darling, when you mount a new step you needn’t work so hard to learn oral English. At that time you can do something else when your investment has a good return. The market gets better lately.’

‘When shall we sell the stocks? I’d like to make use of the money to buy a factory.’

‘Really? What factory do you intend to buy?’ She asks amazedly.

‘I haven’t made up my mind. It is only intent. I’ll ask you for help.’

‘What is it? You need more money?’

‘It depends on. But first of all I need an accountant to audit the factory. Do you have any one to recommend, belle?’

‘It is easy. It is in my field and I myself am familiar with it. Who will be more responsible than I to you?’ She doesn’t decline to shoulder a responsibility.

‘Yes, if you take charge of it I will rest easy.’ He felicitates to have such a better half combining beauty with capacity and wealth. You need nothing once you own her.

‘祝贺你学有所成。亲爱的，英语口语上了一个台阶之后，就不必再下这么大功夫啦。到时候，把资金从股市抽出来，做其它投资。股市这些天行情不错。’

‘什么时候卖股票？我想投资一家工厂。’

‘真的吗？什么样的工厂？’她吃惊地问道。

‘还没拿定主意，只是一个意向，到时候还请你帮忙。’

‘帮什么？需要资金？’

‘看情况，不过，更重要的是找个会计师审计一下那个厂子，帮忙特色个人选吧，美女。’

‘这容易，那是人家的强项嘛，再熟悉不过啦。谁能比我更对你负责呢？’她对此当仁不让。

‘是啊，要是你亲自挂帅，我就高枕无忧了。’他庆幸有这样一个贤内助，集美色，能力，财富于一身的女人，一旦拥有，别无所求。

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