Company History 公司的歷史
我們來學習閱讀決算概況人馬珠歷史和最近的業務進展時所需要使用的表達。
Business Results Summary 公司的決算概況
我們來看一下某個公司的決算概況。
Business Results Summary
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2001 2000
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Total sales…………………………………………………… 7,220,000 6,823,000
Export sales…………………………………………………. 3,883,000 3,591,000
Net income(in millions)…………………………………….. $5,721 $4,752
Cost of sales (in millions)…………………………………… $4,692 $3,997
Annual profit(in millions)…………………………………… $1,029 $755
Profit rate……………………………………………………. 18.0% 15.9%
Capital expenditure(in billions)……………………………… $8.5 $8.6
The Right Word 相關的詞匯
at full capacity 全員的;全力的 branch out 向新的方向擴展 employ v. 雇用
export v. 輸出;出品 facility n設備;設施 founded adj. 創立的
head office 總公司;總部 headquarters n.(公司,等的)總部 impressive adj. 予人深刻印象的;令人欽佩的 market n. 市場;股票市場 operational adj.經營上的 initially adj. 最初;開頭
per cent n. 百分比;百分率 plant n. 工廠;車間 produce v. 生產;制造
product n. 產品 start out 著手進行 vehicle n. 運載工具;車輛
Talk about Company History 談論公司的歷史
R=Reporter 記者 E=Executive 行政人員
R=I’d like to ask you a few questions about your company. 我想問一些有關你們公司的事情。
E=Sure. What would you like to know?對的,你想知道什么呢?
R=Your company is based in Japan, isn’t it? 你們公司的總部在日本,是吧?
Yes
E:Yes, it is. Our head office is in Japan, but we have sales subsidiaries in sixteen countries., plus fifteen factories outside of Japan. 是的,我們總部在日本,但是我們在日本之外的16個國家都設有銷售分部,還有15個工廠。
R=Where and when was the company founded/ 公司是在什么時候哪兒成立的?
E=It was founded in Osaka in 1937? 1937年在大阪成立。
R=What did the company initially produce? 公司最初生產什么呢?
E=We started out making cameras, but later on we branched out into business machines.
公司最初生產相機,但是后來我們開拓進入了商用機器生產領域。
R:What does the company make now? 現在公司生產什么?
E:Well, we still make cameras of course, but we also turn out photocopiers and printers.
當然我們還從事相機的制造,但是我們也生產復印機和打印機。
R:And how has business been going recently? 最近公司的業務如何?
E:Very well. Ales are growing six or seven per cent a year, mostly in export markets and we opened a new office in China last
year.
很好。銷售額每年增長大%~7%,主要是出口業務。去年我們在中國設立了一個新的辦事處。
No
E:Well, we do a lot of business in Japan, but the copany is actually based in Singapore.
我們在日本有很多生意,但是我們的總是設在新加坡。