A super business girl 超級商業女孩

Hasani Malone　葛黎明

語篇導讀

如今，世界上各級各類的企業越來越多。在這些企業中，也自然會有許多不同類型的企業家，他們是涉世深厚、年富力強的行業佼佼者。但是否只有達到一定的年齡和擁有一定資歷的人才會成為企業家呢？答案是否定的。亞細亞·紐森的成功充分說明，成為企業家從不受限于年紀，只要敢想敢做，就可以向夢想一點點靠攏。

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. 企業家

passion /?p??n/ n. 激情;熱情

choir /kwa??（r）/ n. 合唱隊

home?made /?h??m?me?d/ adj. 家里制作的

financial /fa??n?n?l/ adj. 財政的

empower /?m?pa??（r）/ v. 使有能力

community /k??mju?n?ti/ n. 社區

in the long run 從長遠來看

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行官。

這是一個復合句。which sells home?made candles是由which引導的非限制性定語從句，對主語起補充說明的作用;the CEO of意為“……的首席執行官”，CEO是Chief Executive Officer的縮寫形式。

2.Her financial goal this year is to make $100，000 or more. 她今年的財務目標是賺10萬美元或者更多。

這是一個簡單句。動詞不定式短語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

根據短文內容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最佳答案。

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

亞細亞·紐森今年16歲，她是一名來自底特律的企業家，她總是對成功和商業充滿著熱情。

亞細亞每天早上5點就開始著手。首先，她幫助妹妹準備上學。然后吃早餐，并在家鄉密歇根州的底特律搭乘校車去學校。放學后，亞細亞留下來練習舞蹈或合唱。當她回到家時，這項工作就真正開始了。

每一天，亞細亞都把自己看成是一個超級商業女孩，她是一家銷售自制蠟燭公司的首席執行官。亞細亞在她5歲的時候就開始了這項事業，她把從其他商人那里買來的蠟燭賣給她所在社區的顧客，11歲時她居然擁有了自己的公司。自2015年亞細亞出現在《艾倫秀》節目后，亞細亞公司的銷售量迅速增長。她今年的財務目標是賺10萬美元或者更多。

她的目標是幫助自己成為一個更好的企業家，但她也想讓其他孩子參與到這項事業中來。亞細亞告訴記者：“如果我教我們社區的其他孩子如何自己掙錢，從長遠來看會對他們有所幫助?！?如今，亞細亞已在底特律培訓了許多同齡人和年幼的孩子，以幫助公司發展。