1、This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。You probably have heard of comic book heroes like Superman, Batman and Spiderman. But what about Tom the motorcycle shop owner, Joe Knight and Karen Berman?你可能听说过诸如超人、蝙蝠侠和蜘蛛侠这样的漫画书。那你听说过摩托车店老板汤姆、乔奈特和卡伦伯曼吗？Tom, Joe and Karen all appear
2、in a comic book called Financial Intelligence. But Mr. Knight and Ms. Berman are real people. In two thousand six, they wrote a book called Financial Intelligence: A Managers Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean. It was written for people who need to learn quickly about accounting. The book
3、 explains, in simple ways, often-complex methods of keeping financial information. It became a best-seller.汤姆、乔奈特和卡伦伯曼一起出现在财务智慧一书中，不过奈特和伯曼都是现实中的人物。2006年，他们写了一本名叫财务智慧：如何理解数字的真正含义。这本书是为那些必须快速了解财务的人准备的，它通俗易懂地解释了通常非常复杂的管理财务信息的方式，也因此成为了一本畅销书。This month, publisher SmarterComics released a comic book that
4、provides the same information in easy-to-understand, picture form. The new book is a combination of a textbook and a graphic novel. It tells the story of Tom, a mechanic who must quickly learn how to direct the motorcycle repair shop his father founded. Tom has no experience with finance, and is str
5、uggling with the business. Joe Knight and Karen Berman help him. Artist Dave Wachter made illustrations for the comic book.本月，出版商SmarterComics发行了一本漫画书，用易于理解的图片形式把相同的信息展示了出来。这本新书是教科书和连环画的结合体，它讲述了一个名为汤姆，需要快速学会如何掌管父亲创办的摩托车修理店的技工的故事。汤姆完全没有财务经验，正对此疲于应对。奈特和伯曼帮助了他。画家戴夫瓦赫特（Dave Wachter）为这本连环画绘制了插图。Franco Ar
6、da is the founder and head of SmarterComics. He formerly worked as an investment banker. He started the company almost three years ago with his own money. He wanted to create educational comics that increase understanding.佛朗哥阿尔达是SmarterComics出版社的创始人兼负责人。他之前做过投资银行家，三年前他用自己的资金创办了这家公司，他希望出版知识性的教育类漫画。FR
7、ANCO ARDA: I think almost everybody understands the phrase that a picture says a thousand words, so, I mean, mentally, probably ninety percent of us grew up with comics and they understand that comics or illustrations help learning a concept much quicker than just text alone.阿尔达：“我认为几乎每个人都明白这句格言，一图胜
8、千言。所以我的意思是说，可能我们中90%的人是漫画陪着长大的。和单纯文字相比，我们能更快地领会这些帮助理解概念的漫画或插图。”Franco Arda says Financial Intelligence will help readers quickly understand many of the major areas of accounting.阿尔达说财务智慧一书可以帮助读者快速理解会计上多领域的知识。FRANCO ARDA: Within an hour, you kind of get the idea of accounting, very quickly and not in
9、 a boring way. So you get these illustrations, you get the basics of accounting and you get some balance sheets and cash-flow statements.阿尔达：“不到一个小时，你就能很快理解财务的概念，而且还不至于无聊。你看懂了这些插图，就理解了财务的基本知识，就理解了资产负债表和现金流量表。”The new comic book is available in paperback. There will also be versions for iPad and iPho
10、ne users.市面上目前有这本漫画的平装本，以后还会有供iPad和iPhone用户使用的版本。The website E named SmarterComics to its list of 100 Brilliant Companies of 2012. The company has created comic book versions of more than ten other books. These include Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Later this year, SmarterComics plans to release a comic book by rapper 50Cent.E网站将SmarterComics出版社列入了2012年100家杰出公司的名单。这家公司创作了十多种其它书籍的漫画版。其中包括拿破仑希尔（Napoleon Hill）的思考致富，尼科洛马基雅维利（Niccolo Machiavelli）的君主论，以及孙武写的孙子兵法。今天晚些时候，该公司还计划发行说唱歌手50Cent写的一本漫画书。