VOA常速英语2019--加州高中生创建虚拟股票市场（在线收听）

California High School Students Create Virtual Stock Market

They consult with colleagues and pick its prospective clients.Their virtual company called Invest is a stock exchange based on San Juan Hills High School in California.“I think learning from books and and and notes and lectures is important but this class gives you the opportunity to actually go out and perform.”

他们与同事协商并挑选潜在客户。他们的虚拟公司叫做投资，是一家位于加州圣胡安山高中的股票交易所。“我认为从书本、笔记和讲座中学习很重要，但这门课给了你真正走出去展示的机会。”

The officers of the student company practice for a presentation.Their stock exchange exists in the classroom and online.And uses’ virtual currency is based on the latest financial technology known as Blockchain.It keeps a record of cryptocurrency transactions across computers linked to peer-to-peer networks.“So not only are they learning how to trade equities like they would in the real world but they’re also getting a little bit of exposure to blockchain technology which is a type of finance management that they will face in the future.”

学生公司的职员们在为一个演示做练习。他们的股票交易都是在课堂和网上进行。使用者的虚拟货币基于最新的金融技术，叫做区块链。它保存了连接到对等网络的计算机之间的加密货币交易记录。“因此，他们不仅在学习如何像在现实世界中那样交易股票，而且还开始接触一点区块链技术，这是他们未来将面临的一种财务管理方式。”

The students are getting ready for a trade show in New York,like this one sponsored by the non profit educational group Virtual Enterprises International.Students from around the United States showcase business projects.“Throughout the year they’re developing their business plan, implementing their business model, developing websites, practicing interesting shows, making sales to different companies and market places.”

学生们正在为纽约的贸易展做准备，就像这次由非盈利教育组织国际虚拟企业赞助的贸易展一样。来自全美的学生都展示了他们的商业项目，“他们全年都在制定自己的商业计划，实施自己的模式，开发网站，制作有趣的节目，向不同的公司和市场销售产品。”

This student project goes a step further than other virtual businesses allowing students to raise virtual money by selling stocks just like on Wall Street.“And then we also have to look up things such as insurance policies, such as advertising.We have to create the monthly budgets so were able to make sure our money is being put out there efficiently.”

这个学生项目比其他虚拟企业更进一步，允许学生通过出售股票筹集虚拟资金，就像在华尔街一样。“然后我们还得查一些东西，比如保险政策，比如广告。我们必须制定月度预算，这样才能确保我们的资金得到有效利用。”

Students face all the problems of running a business.“We have 26 employees which is a lot for a brand new company and so that’s all that’s obviously been a big challenge for us.”With a big job title comes responsibility, says the student company’s chief executive officer. “It’s hard to be the CEO and have everyone look up to you and expect great things from you,especially when you know I am so young and I have so little experience of the business world,so it’s been a little bit of a challenge to you know come into class and have a plan ready for everyone every day.”

学生们面临着经营企业的所有问题。“我们有二十六名员工，对于一家全新的公司来说，这是一笔不小的数目，所以这对我们来说显然是一个巨大的挑战。”这家学生公司的首席执行官表示，职位越高，责任越大。”很难成为首席执行官并且每个人都尊敬你,并期望你做伟大的事情,特别是当你知道我很年轻,我有很少商业世界的经验,所以这是一个有点挑战。你知道进入教室,每天每个人都有一个准备好的计划了。”

But the students say they’re having fun while meeting the challenge that are learning how to run a business.

但学生们表示，他们在面临学习如何经营企业的挑战时很开心。