商務英語情景口語:股東大會
A: how often are stockholders meetings held?
B: stockholders meetings are held biannually. Usually the meetings are scheduled for spring and fall. In between the meertings, each stockholder receives biannual reports. Financial statements are made once a year.
A: what percentage of the stockholders actually attend the meetings? I'm guessing not a large percentage...
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 stockers are excluded from proceedings.
A: so, how much say do the stockholders really have?
B: unless they're united, very little...
股東大會多長時間開一次?
股東大會每半年召開一次.會議通常定在春秋兩季.兩會之間,每位股東都會收到每年2次的總結報告.財務報告是一年一次.
實際參加會議的古董佔多大比例?我想不會太大…
你說的沒錯,比例很小.而且想要參加會議,你必須持有一定數量的股份.這可不是小數目,所以大多數股東都不能被列入會議記錄.
那股東們的發言權究竟有多大?
除非他們團結一致,否則權利很小.
Biannual:每半年地
Percentage:百分比
What percentage of the population is/are overweight?
身體超重的人占人口多大的百分比?
A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
女職員中，兼職工作的人佔很高的比例.
Interest rates are expected to rise by one percentage point(= one per cent).
利率預計將提高一個百分點.
The figure is expressed as a percentage.
數字是用百分率表示的.
The results were analysed in percentage terms.
結果是按百分比分析的.
Exclude: to prevent sb/sth from entering a place or taking part in sth 防止…進入；阻止…參加；把…排斥在外
Women are still excluded from some London clubs.
倫敦有些俱樂部仍然拒絕婦女參加.
Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school(= forbidden to attend because of bad behaviour).
人們對被學校開除的兒童人數越來越關注.
She felt excluded by the other girls(= they did not let her join in what they were doing).
她感到自己受到其他女孩子的排斥.
United: of people or groups 人或羣體 in agreement and working together 和諧的;一致的;團結的
We need to become a more united team.
我們要成爲一支更加團結的隊伍.
They are united in their opposition to the plan.
他們一致反對這個計劃.
We should present a united front(= an appearance of being in agreement with each other).
我們要表現得團結一致.
Financial statement:財務報告
In between:在…之間
A certain amount:一定數量
Have say:有發言權
Have the final say:有最終決定權
