听力题

听下面一段对话,回答第11和第13题。

单选题

Where did Tom get the idea of becoming a businessman?

【正确答案】 C
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W: Tom, as the manager of a company selling green products, you are now quite a successful businessman. When did you know you wanted to have your own company?
Tom,作为一家销售绿色产品的公司经理,你现在是一个相当成功的商人。你什么时候想要拥有自己的公司?
M: My family left Budapest in 1986 and settled in Canada where a lot of my friends' parents were highly successful businessmen. It seems so cool, so in high school, I started a web-designed company and learned a lot from that experience.
我的家人1986年离开Budapest 定居加拿大。在加拿大,我许多朋友的父母都是很成功的商人。那看起来很酷,于是我在高中时就建立了一个网站设计公司并从中学到了很多经验。
W: How did you find the money for your present company then?
你现在公司的融资是从哪儿来的?
M: We’ve raised 18 million dollars from about 50 people. We’re finally making money. I own 6% of the company and all employees get their shares.
我们从50个人那儿筹集到了1800万资金,也最终盈利了。我拥有公司6%的股份,每个员工都有自己的股份。
W: By the way, what aspects of your life are green?
顺便问一下,你的生活中哪些方面是与环保有关的?(green本意是绿色,由此引申而来的意思是“与环保有关的”)
M: I’m only mildly green. I do simple things and I’m a huge biker. I biked cross Canada.
我只是一定程度上注重环保,我做的事情简单,我非常喜欢骑车,我曾骑行加拿大。
W: Do you think you have ever done anything wasteful?
你认为你做过什么浪费的事儿么?
M: We're always doing something wrong, but then, that will allow us to learn and grow. When I first started out, we made all the products ourselves, but that was a mistake. Now we work with other companies. We provide the materials, the product development and the design. They make the products then.我们总是在做一些错事,但是从那我们会学到许多并得以成长。在我最开始的时候,所有的产品都是由我们自己来做,但那是个失误。现在我们和别的公司合作,我们提供原材料,产品研发和设计,然后他们制作产品。

单选题

How much does Tom own of the company he works for?
 

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题

What mistake did Tom and his company make in the past?

【正确答案】 C
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