我要买股票

 　　在了解了股市的基本情况后，Julia 决定买些股票、期望能赚到钱，好不让自己的钱包“痛苦”。她选择去找股票经纪人。

　　Julia: Hello, can I speak to Mr. Smith? Smith: Yes, speaking. Julia: This is Julia speaking. I'd like to buy a stock¹. Smith: What stock do you want to buy and how many? Julia: I want to buy 1000 shares of Dubon. Smith: Let me get the asking price of the stock. Just a moment. Oh, now the asking price is $80 each share. By the way, what is the offering² price? Julia: Let me see. The offering price is near or at $78. Smith: Then the difference between the asking price and the offering price is $2. It's hard to take place today. Julia: Do you mean that I have to buy at current³ price? Smith: You can decide by yourself. Julia: I heard that this stock would go up. Hmm, I will take it at current price. Smith: So, now I will buy in. Are you sure? Julia: Yes, please.

　　Notes：

　　1. 对话中Julia经人介绍，找到了股票经纪人史密斯先生。Julia说她想买股票，Smith问她，要买哪一支呢？要买多少呢？What stock do you want to buy and how many?

　　2. Julia说想买1000股的杜邦股票。Share这里的意思是“股，股份”，比如说，$2 of shares are not worth $2.75. 2美元的股份现在值2.75美元，看来是升值了。

　　3. Smith要先查一下现在的卖出价是多少，就是the asking price of the stock。相对的the offering price 就是买进价。现在Julia要买进的股票的卖出价是80美元每股，那Julia能承受的买进价是多少呢？

　　4. 大概在78美元左右。卖出价和买入价的价差是两美元，看来今天是无法成交了。那么只能现价买入了吗？Buy at certain price，意思是“以某种价格购买某物”。take place 这个词组表示“发生，举行”。

　　5. 买还是不买，就看Julia自己决定了。她觉得这支股票的价格会上涨，应该会赚一笔，所以还是决定以现价买入了。这样Smith就帮她买入了，就是buy in。

　　当然，随着网络的发展、证券软件的普及，现在许多股民已经是坐在家里的电脑前炒股了。只要去证券公司开个账号，给电脑装上证券公司的交易软件，就可以在“弹指之间”进行交易了。

1 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。

2 offering   

n.提供，奉献物，牲礼

参考例句：

• What is your competition offering?你的竞争者提出的条件是什么？
• The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.警方出大笔赏金要求提供那起抢劫案的破案线索。

3 current   

n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的

参考例句：

• Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
• There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。