1、标题：voa慢速英语:高盛银行向Facebook投资对应音频：0107a.mp3听力内容：Facebooks New Friends Like the World of Private FinanceThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Facebook is the worlds biggest social network - and the subject of the movie Social Network.(SOUND)The real Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Harvard
2、University launched the site in two thousand four. Facebook says it reached five hundred million users last July.Now, the American bank Goldman Sachs and the Russian company Digital Sky Technologies have friended Facebook. They are investing a total of five hundred million dollars in the company. Th
3、e deal values Facebook at fifty billion dollars - more than many publicly traded Internet companies.Goldman Sachs is expected to raise a billion and a half dollars more by selling shares of ownership in Facebook to rich investors. The plan does not include a public stock offering - at least not righ
4、t now. ThomsonReuters, Facebook, eBizMBAFor now, Facebook would remain a private company - meaning a company that does not sell shares to the public. The plan has brought new attention to the largely secretive world of private financing and the rules for private companies in the United States.The id
5、ea is that investors in public companies have protections that investors in private companies do not. The Securities and Exchange Commission says a private company must report financial information if it has five hundred shareholders or more.A new business, a startup company, is usually considered t
6、oo risky for average investors. But a promising startup may find a small number of private investors, often known as angels. These investors are willing to lose everything for a chance at big returns.Rikki Tahta has been involved in raising money for startups. He is now chairman of his own investmen
7、t company, Covestor, with offices in New York and London.Mr. Tahta compares the difference between public and private companies to the difference between marriage and dating. When people are dating, he says, there are understandings but few rules. In marriage, the rules are more clear and well-defin
8、ed.In his opinion, the only real benefit for a private company is lower administrative and record-keeping costs. Yet he tells us Covestor remains a private company after a few years because it is still too risky for most investors. I’m Steve Ember.这里是VOA特别英语经济报道。Facebook是全世界最大的社交网站，也是影片社交网站所讲述
9、的主角。哈佛大学的马克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)和他的朋友们在2004年创建了这个网站。Facebook称，去年7月份，他们的用户已经达到5亿人。现在，美国高盛投资银行(Goldman Sachs)和俄罗斯互联网投资集团Digital Sky Technologies决定赞助Facebook。他们向Facebook公司投资5亿美元。这笔交易使Facebook的总值达到500亿美元——远远超过许多公开交易的互联网公司。高盛银行预期将通过向有钱的投资者出售自己对Facebook的股权再次筹集15亿美元。该计划并不包括公开股票发售—
10、—至少目前为止还没有。现在，Facebook仍将是私营公司——这意味着该公司仍然不会公开发行股票。该计划引起人们对神秘的私募资金和美国私营公司的管理规则的新关注。也就是说，公开发行股票的公司的投资人享受私营公司投资人所没有的保护。美国证券交易委员会表示，如果私营公司的股东人数超过500人，必须报告财政信息。对于普通投资者来说，新兴的公司通常风险比较大。但是有前景的新兴公司可能会寻找一些私人投资者，也就是所说的“天使投资”。这些投资者冒着可能倾家荡产的风险来换取赢得巨大收益的机会。Rikki Tahta为新启动的公司筹集资金。现在他是自己投资的公司Covest
11、or的负责人。该公司在纽约和伦敦都有办公室。Rikki Tahta将公立公司和私人公司的差别比作婚姻和约会的差别。他说，人们约会的时候有着相互理解，但是没有规则约束。在婚姻中，这些规定更加清楚，有着更好的定义。按照他的观点，私营公司唯一真正的好处就是管理和记录成本比较低。然而，他告诉我们。Covestor几年之后仍然是一家私营公司，因为对于大部分投资者来说，该公司的风险仍然很大。1.launch vi.投入；开始；着手进行例句：They will launch on the production of passenger cars next month.他们将于下个月开始生产客车。2.subj
12、ect n.主题; 题目; 问题例句：This is a book on the subject of love.这是一部以爱情为主题的书。He squeezed 10 pages out of a small subject.他就一个小论题硬写出10页文章来。3.friend v.资助, 捐助，赞助，支持4.startup n.启动,新兴公司（尤指新兴网络公司）5.promising adj.有希望的, 有前途的,有出息的例句：We have found a promising iron deposit.我们已经发现了一个有开采价值的铁矿床。The results of the experi
13、ments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。1.They are investing a total of five hundred million dollars in the company.a total of总计为,总共…例句：That makes a total of 660 U.S.dollars.总共660美元。2.The plan has brought new attention to the largely secretive world of private financing and the rules for private
14、companies in the United States.bring attention to注意到例句：Please bring your attention to the center aisle as the flight attendant explains the safety rules.航班服务员讲解安全注意事项时，请您注意中间过道。3.In his opinion, the only real benefit for a private company is lower administrative and record-keeping costs.in his opinion表达观点例句：She looks anaemic in my opinion.我看她像有贫血症。