跟读练习: Facebook Finds New Friends in the World of Private Finance - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
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Facebook is the world's biggest social network and the subject of the movie The Social Network.
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The real Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Harvard University launched the site in 2004.
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Facebook says it reached 500 million users last July.
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Now, the American bank Goldman Sachs and the Russian company Digital Sky Technologies have friended Facebook.
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They are investing a total of $500 million in the company.
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The deal values Facebook at $50 billion,
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more than many publicly traded internet companies.
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Goldman Sachs is expected to raise a billion
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and a half dollars more by selling shares of ownership in Facebook to rich investors.
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The plan does not include a public stock offering,
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at least not right now.
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For now, Facebook would remain a private company,
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meaning a company that does not sell shares to the public.
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The plan has brought new attention to the largely secretive world of private financing
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and the rules for private companies in the United States.
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The idea is that investors in public companies have protections that investors in private companies do not.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission says a private company must report financial information if it has more than 500 shareholders.
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A new business, a startup company,
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is usually considered too risky for average investors.
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But a promising startup may find a small number of private investors,
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often known as angels.
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These investors are willing to lose everything for a chance at big returns.
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Ricky Tada has been involved in raising money for startups.
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He is now chairman of his own investment company,
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CoVestor, with offices in New York and London.
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Mr. Tada compares the difference between public and private companies to the difference between marriage and dating.
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When people are dating, he says,
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there are understandings but few rules.
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In marriage, the rules are more clear and well-defined.
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In his opinion, the only real benefit for a private company is lower administrative and record-keeping costs.
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Yet he tells us CoVestor remains a private company after a few years because it is still too risky for most investors.
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For VOA Special English, I'm Alex Villareal.
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在这个视频中，Alex Villarreal讨论了Facebook与私人金融世界的交集，揭示了公众与私人公司之间的区别。通过模仿他的说话方式和语气，学习者可以提升自己的口语表达能力。英语影子跟读是一种有效的学习方法，帮助学生自然流利地运用英语。观看此视频，不仅可以了解与私人融资相关的金融知识，还能提升与他人交流时所需的词汇和表达技巧。利用看YouTube学英语的机会，学习者可以在实际场景中练习，并提高自己的自信心。
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- “Facebook is the world’s biggest social network” - 这个句子结构展示了简单的主谓结构，让学习者了解如何描述事实。
- “The plan does not include a public stock offering” - 使用了否定形式，有助于学习者理解如何使用否定句。
- “a promising startup may find a small number of private investors” - 表达了可能性，适合用以讨论未来的计划或预期。
- “There are understandings but few rules” - 这个表达方式对比了约定与规则，有助于学习者理解比较结构的使用。
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