| 歌曲 | Businesses are structured in different ways |
| 歌手 | 英语听力 |
| 专辑 | VOA慢速英语：经济报道 |
| [00:00.100] | This is the VOA Learning English Economics Report. |
| [00:04.530] | Businesses are structured in different ways |
| [00:08.690] | to meet different needs. |
| [00:10.980] | The simplest form of business |
| [00:13.410] | is called an individual or sole proprietorship. |
| [00:18.310] | The proprietor owns all of the property of the business |
| [00:22.240] | and is responsible for everything. |
| [00:25.690] | For legal purposes, with this kind of business, |
| [00:29.370] | the owner and the company are the same. |
| [00:33.610] | This means the proprietor |
| [00:36.050] | gets to keep all of the profits of the business, |
| [00:39.130] | but must also pay any debts. |
| [00:42.220] | Another kind of business is the partnership. |
| [00:46.150] | Two or more people go into business together. |
| [00:50.690] | An agreement is usually needed to decide |
| [00:54.920] | how much of the partnership each person controls. |
| [00:59.610] | One kind of partnership is called a limited liability partnership. |
| [01:06.030] | These have full partners and limited partners. |
| [01:10.700] | Limited partners may not share as much in the profits, |
| [01:15.880] | but they also have less responsibility for the business. |
| [01:20.770] | Doctors, lawyers and accountants often form partnerships |
| [01:26.090] | to share their risks and profits. |
| [01:28.980] | A husband and wife can form a business partnership together. |
| [01:33.610] | Partnerships exist only for as long as the owners remain alive. |
| [01:40.480] | The same is true of individual proprietorships. |
| [01:44.910] | But corporations are designed to have an unlimited lifetime. |
| [01:51.090] | A corporation is the most complex kind of business organization. |
| [01:57.070] | Corporations can sell stock as a way to raise money. |
| [02:02.190] | Stock represents shares of ownership in a company. |
| [02:07.120] | Investors who buy stock can trade their shares |
| [02:11.050] | or keep them as long as the company is in business. |
| [02:15.340] | A company might use some of its earnings |
| [02:18.670] | to pay dividends as a reward to shareholders. |
| [02:23.450] | Or the company might reinvest the money back into the business. |
| [02:28.380] | If shares lose value, |
| [02:30.470] | investors can lose all of the money they paid for their stock. |
| [02:35.600] | But shareholders are not responsible for the debts of the corporation. |
| [02:41.230] | A corporation is recognized as an entity |
| [02:45.110] | -- its own legal being, separate from its owners. |
| [02:50.090] | A board of directors controls corporate policies. |
| [02:54.510] | The directors appoint top company officers. |
| [02:58.400] | The directors might or might not hold shares in the corporation. |
| [03:04.880] | Corporations can have a few major shareholders. |
| [03:09.550] | Or ownership can be spread among the general public. |
| [03:14.030] | But not all corporations are traditional businesses |
| [03:18.610] | that sell stock. |
| [03:19.860] | Some nonprofit groups are also organized as corporations. |
| [03:25.560] | And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report, |
| [03:30.690] | written by Mario Ritter. |
| [00:00.100] | zhè lǐ shì VOA yīng yǔ xué xí jīng jì xué bào dào |
| [00:04.530] | qǐ yè cún zài bù tóng de gòu chéng xíng shì |
| [00:08.690] | yǐ mǎn zú bù tóng xū qiú. |
| [00:10.980] | zuì jiǎn dān de yī zhǒng qǐ yè gòu chéng xíng shì |
| [00:13.410] | jiù shì dú zī qǐ yè |
| [00:18.310] | qǐ yè zhǔ yōng yǒu qǐ yè suǒ yǒu zī chǎn |
| [00:22.240] | yě chéng dān yī qiè zé rèn. |
| [00:25.690] | cóng fǎ lǜ shàng lái jiǎng, |
| [00:29.370] | dú zī qǐ yè zhǔ děng tóng yú qǐ yè |
| [00:33.610] | zhè yì wèi zhe qǐ yè zhǔ |
| [00:36.050] | huò qǔ qǐ yè suǒ yǒu shōu yì, |
| [00:39.130] | yě chéng dān suǒ yǒu zhài wù. |
| [00:42.220] | lìng wài yī zhǒng shì hé huǒ qǐ yè |
| [00:46.150] | yóu liǎng gè huò liǎng gè yǐ shàng de rén hé huǒ jīng yíng. |
| [00:50.690] | hé huǒ rén zhī jiān tōng cháng bì xū nǐ dìng xié yì |
| [00:54.920] | yǐ guī dìng gè zì suǒ kòng zhì de qǐ yè fèn é. |
| [00:59.610] | qí zhōng yī zhǒng hé huǒ qǐ yè chéng wéi yǒu xiàn zé rèn hé huǒ qǐ yè |
| [01:06.030] | hé huǒ rén fēn wéi pǔ tōng hé huǒ rén hé yǒu xiàn zé rèn hé huǒ rén |
| [01:10.700] | yǒu xiàn zé rèn hé huǒ rén kě néng xiǎng shòu de shōu yì bù gāo |
| [01:15.880] | dàn tā men xiāng yìng chéng dān de zé rèn yě shǎo. |
| [01:20.770] | yī shēng lǜ shī hé kuài jì men jīng cháng zǔ jiàn hé huǒ qǐ yè, |
| [01:26.090] | gòng tóng fēn dān fēng xiǎn hé shōu yì |
| [01:28.980] | fū qī yě kě yǐ gòng tóng zǔ jiàn hé huǒ qǐ yè |
| [01:33.610] | hé huǒ qǐ yè jǐn zài qǐ yè zhǔ zài shì de qíng kuàng xià cún zài |
| [01:40.480] | dú yíng qǐ yè yě shì rú cǐ |
| [01:44.910] | dàn gōng sī méi yǒu jīng yíng qī xiàn xiàn zhì |
| [01:51.090] | zhè shì zuì fù zá de yī zhǒng qǐ yè xíng shì |
| [01:57.070] | gōng sī kě yǐ tōng guò chū shòu gǔ piào de xíng shì chóu jí zī jīn |
| [02:02.190] | gǔ piào dài biǎo gōng sī suǒ yǒu quán |
| [02:07.120] | gǔ piào tóu zī rén kě yǐ jìn xíng gǔ piào jiāo yì |
| [02:11.050] | yě kě yǐ cháng qī chí yǒu, zhǐ yào gōng sī réng zài jīng yíng. |
| [02:15.340] | gōng sī kě néng huì ná chū yī bù fen shōu yì |
| [02:18.670] | zuò wéi gǔ xī jiǎng lì gěi gǔ dōng |
| [02:23.450] | yě kě néng bǎ qián zài cì tóu rù gōng sī jīng yíng |
| [02:28.380] | rú guǒ gǔ fèn shī qù jià zhí |
| [02:30.470] | tóu zī zhě jiù huì sǔn shī diào suǒ yǒu tóu dào gǔ piào lǐ de qián |
| [02:35.600] | dàn shì gǔ dōng bù yòng duì gōng sī de zhài wù chéng dān zé rèn |
| [02:41.230] | gōng sī bèi rèn wéi shì yí gè hé fǎ cún zài de shí tǐ |
| [02:45.110] | jí dú lì fǎ rén, yǔ gǔ dōng shì fēn lí de |
| [02:50.090] | dǒng shì huì kòng zhì gōng sī jué cè |
| [02:54.510] | dǒng shì rèn mìng gōng sī de shàng céng yuán gōng |
| [02:58.400] | dàn dǒng shì bù yí dìng jiù shì gāi gōng sī gǔ dōng |
| [03:04.880] | gōng sī kě néng zhǐ yǒu jǐ gè zhǔ yào de gǔ dōng |
| [03:09.550] | yě kě néng suǒ yǒu quán wèi gōng zhòng guǎng fàn chí yǒu |
| [03:14.030] | dàn bú shì suǒ yǒu gōng sī dōu shì chū shòu gǔ piào zhè zhǒng chuán tǒng shāng yè mó shì |
| [03:18.610] | chū shòu gǔ piào |
| [03:19.860] | yī xiē fēi yíng lì xìng zǔ zhī yě yǐ gōng sī xíng shì cún zài |
| [03:25.560] | zhè jiù shì jīn tiān de měi guó zhī yīn xué xí yīng yǔ jīng jì bào dào, |
| [03:30.690] | zuò zhě: Mario Ritter. |