12月商务英语考试中级冲刺阅读资料.doc

xx年12月商务英语考试中级冲刺阅读资料
　　BEC中级阅读共五种题型，时间为60分钟，第一局部是四个短文，其他局部各有一篇较长的正文，均摘选自报纸、商业杂志、商务信件、图书、广告、及商品手册等，都与日常工作相关。用以测试考生各种阅读技能。以下是网的关于考试中级冲刺阅读资料，供大家备考。
　　昨日公布的一项调查显示，尽管去年英国初创企业的融资额增长了27%，到达约14亿英镑，但中国仍取代英国，成为世界第二大风险投资目的国。
　　China overtook the UK as the world's second-biggest destination for venture capital investments last year, in spite of a 27 per cent rise in British early-stage pany funding to about ￡1.4bn, a survey revealed yesterday.
　　总部位于剑桥的创业研究中心Library House表示，如果印度的风险资本投资延续xx年90%的增速，到xx年，印度的排名也将超过英国。
　　Library House, the Cambridge-based entrepreneurship research centre, said India was also due to overtake the UK by xx if Indian venture capital investments continued to grow at the 90 per cent rate seen in xx.
　　这项调查是由瑞银财富管理(UBS Wealth Management)委托进行的。调查预计，英国今年的风险资本投资可能降至10亿至12亿英镑，相当于xx年的水平。
　　The report, missioned by UBS Wealth Management, forecast that UK venture capital could decline to ￡1bn-￡1.2bn this year, equivalent to xx levels.
　　培育创业文化一直是“新工党(New Labour)”的宏伟蓝图之一，但此项调查将引发人们担忧英国的创业活动不仅落后于美国，还落后于以更快速度增长的亚洲经济体。
　　Fostering an entrepreneurial culture has been one of New Labour's main ambitions and the report will raise concerns that the country is falling behind not only the US but also faster growing Asian economies.
　　调查报告指出，中国和印度的崛起分流了英国初创企业的资金。这与英国风险投资家所谓该领域正在强劲复苏的说法大相径庭。
　　By arguing that funding for British start-up panies is being cannibalised by the rise of China and India, the report clashes with claims from British venture capitalists that their sector is recovering strongly.
　　英国领先风险投资公司DFJ Esprit的首席执行官西蒙?库克(Simon Cook)表示：“风险资本已走向全球。美国资金向印度和中国进行了大量投资，我预计欧洲资金
　　Simon Cook, chief executive of DFJ Esprit, a leading UK-based venture capitalist, said: "Venture capital has gone global. There has been a lot of capital invested in India and China by US funds and I expect that to e to Europe next year."
　　近年来，大规模杠杆收购基金的快速兴起令风险资本相形见绌。英国风险投资家在互联网泡沫破裂后遭受严重亏损，他们一直未能摆脱人们的这种观念：他们的回报比大型杠杆收购基金低。
　　Venture capital has been overshadowed in recent years by the rapid rise of big leveraged buy-out funds. Haunted by losses suffered after the bursting of the dot bubble, venture capitalists in Britain have struggled to escape the idea they make lower returns than their bigger LBO cousins.
　　Library House高级分析师罗杰?弗兰克林(Roger Franklin)表示，从今年上半年的风险资本投资水平推断，英国xx年的风险资本投资可能会减少10%至20%。这可能直接源自中国和印度风险投资活动的快速增长。中国去年的风险资本投资增长了50%至60%。
　　Roger Franklin, senior analyst at Library House, said extrapolations from venture capital investment levels in the first half of xx suggested the UK was on track to see a decline of 10 to 20 per cent this year. This could be a direct result of the rapid growth in Chinese and Indian venture capitalist activity. Chinese VC investments rose by 50 to 60 per cent last year.
　　弗兰克林表示：“中国和印度的增长水平如此之高，可能会从更成熟的市场吸引局部资金。特别是美国的风险投资，也许已经将资金从欧洲转向了亚洲。”
　　不要沉迷于昨日的成功
　　Today's advice es from Autodesk Inc. CEO Carl Bass:
　　今天的嘉宾是Autodesk Inc.首席执行官Carl Bass：
　　"I think it’s real easy as a leader to confusewhat the results are today with the actions that happened a while ago, BECause then you just start coasting."
　　“我认为作为领导者真的很容易混淆过去的行为与该行为所产生的结果，那就意味着你已经开始走下坡路了。”
　　Bass says the problem is that panies use factors like revenueand profit to measure their suess, but it's possible that these things are still positive even after a pany has lost its original spark.
　　Bass表示，问题就在于公司总是在用绩效和收益来衡量公司的成功与否。但是，计时在公司出现问题之后，这些东西可能还是显示良好。
　　"I’ve been spending a lot more time trying to quantifyor figure out if what we’re doing is right, or whether what we’re really doing is just celebrating the result of things that happened a while ago."
　　“一直以来，我都花大量的时间尝试着确定或指出是否我们在做的事情是正确的，或者是否我们真正在做的只是在享受之前的成果。”
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