A super business girl 超級(jí)商業(yè)女孩

Hasani Malone　葛黎明

語篇導(dǎo)讀

如今，世界上各級(jí)各類的企業(yè)越來越多。在這些企業(yè)中，也自然會(huì)有許多不同類型的企業(yè)家，他們是涉世深厚、年富力強(qiáng)的行業(yè)佼佼者。但是否只有達(dá)到一定的年齡和擁有一定資歷的人才會(huì)成為企業(yè)家呢？答案是否定的。亞細(xì)亞·紐森的成功充分說明，成為企業(yè)家從不受限于年紀(jì)，只要敢想敢做，就可以向夢想一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)靠攏。

Asia Newson is 16 years old. Shes an entrepreneur from Detriot， and always has a passion for success and business.

She starts each weekday at 5：00 a.m. First， Asia Newson helps her sister get ready for school. Then she eats breakfast and takes on a school bus in Detroit， Michigan， her hometown. After school， Asia stays for dance or choir practice. But the action really begins when she gets home.

Every day， Asia regards herself as a super business girl. She is the CEO of a company， which sells home?made candles. Asia started it when she was just 5 years old. Asia sold candles she bought from other businessmen to customers in her neighborhood. At the age of 11， she even had her own company. After appearing on The Ellen Degeneres Show in 2015， Asia’s sale grew quickly. Her financial goal this year is to make $100，000 or more.

She sets goals to help herself become a better entrepreneur. But she also wants to empower other kids to join it. “If I teach other children in my community how to make their own money， it will help them in the long run，” Asia told the reporter. ?Now she has trained many of her peers and young kids in Detriot to help grow the business.

詞語積淀

entrepreneur /??ntr?pr??n??（r）/ n. 企業(yè)家

passion /?p??n/ n. 激情;熱情

choir /kwa??（r）/ n. 合唱隊(duì)

home?made /?h??m?me?d/ adj. 家里制作的

financial /fa??n?n?l/ adj. 財(cái)政的

empower /?m?pa??（r）/ v. 使有能力

community /k??mju?n?ti/ n. 社區(qū)

in the long run 從長遠(yuǎn)來看

典句賞析

1.She is the CEO of a company， which sells home?made candles. 她是一家銷售自制蠟燭公司的首席執(zhí)行官。

這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。which sells home?made candles是由which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句，對主語起補(bǔ)充說明的作用;the CEO of意為“……的首席執(zhí)行官”，CEO是Chief Executive Officer的縮寫形式。

2.Her financial goal this year is to make $100，000 or more. 她今年的財(cái)務(wù)目標(biāo)是賺10萬美元或者更多。

這是一個(gè)簡單句。動(dòng)詞不定式短語to make $100，000 or more在句中作表語，or more意為“或更多;或……以上”。

◆理解自測

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳答案。

1.Asia Newson is a good girl from ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .

A.England B.America C.Canada D.India

2.Asia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?at the age of just 5 years old.

A.took away from school B.was a worker in a factory

C.started to sell home?made candles D.made more than $100，000

3.Why does Asia train many of her peers and young kids？

A.She wants them to visit her company.

B.She wants to make friends with them.

C.She wants give them some money.

D.She wants them to join her team.

（答案見第63頁）

譯文助讀

亞細(xì)亞·紐森今年16歲，她是一名來自底特律的企業(yè)家，她總是對成功和商業(yè)充滿著熱情。

亞細(xì)亞每天早上5點(diǎn)就開始著手。首先，她幫助妹妹準(zhǔn)備上學(xué)。然后吃早餐，并在家鄉(xiāng)密歇根州的底特律搭乘校車去學(xué)校。放學(xué)后，亞細(xì)亞留下來練習(xí)舞蹈或合唱。當(dāng)她回到家時(shí)，這項(xiàng)工作就真正開始了。

每一天，亞細(xì)亞都把自己看成是一個(gè)超級(jí)商業(yè)女孩，她是一家銷售自制蠟燭公司的首席執(zhí)行官。亞細(xì)亞在她5歲的時(shí)候就開始了這項(xiàng)事業(yè)，她把從其他商人那里買來的蠟燭賣給她所在社區(qū)的顧客，11歲時(shí)她居然擁有了自己的公司。自2015年亞細(xì)亞出現(xiàn)在《艾倫秀》節(jié)目后，亞細(xì)亞公司的銷售量迅速增長。她今年的財(cái)務(wù)目標(biāo)是賺10萬美元或者更多。

她的目標(biāo)是幫助自己成為一個(gè)更好的企業(yè)家，但她也想讓其他孩子參與到這項(xiàng)事業(yè)中來。亞細(xì)亞告訴記者：“如果我教我們社區(qū)的其他孩子如何自己掙錢，從長遠(yuǎn)來看會(huì)對他們有所幫助?！?如今，亞細(xì)亞已在底特律培訓(xùn)了許多同齡人和年幼的孩子，以幫助公司發(fā)展。