VOA常速英语2019--美国运用区块链技术模拟如何运营上市公司（在线收听）

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.

他们与同事协商之后会挑选有前景的客户。他们的虚拟公司名为“投资”，是一家位于加州圣胡安山高中的股票交易所。我觉得书本、笔记以及课堂上的东西固然重要，但这里却给我们一个去实操的机会。

The officers of the student company practice for a presentation. Their stock exchange exists in the classroom and online. And users’ 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.

学生公司的职员们为演示做练习。他们的股票交易可以在场或者在线进行。用户的虚拟货币是以最新的金融技术——区块链为基础的。区块链可以保存电脑之间加密货币交易的记录。这些电脑会与对等网络的计算机相互连接。所以，学生们不仅可以学习如何像在现实世界里一样进行股票的交易，还可以稍微了解到区块链的技术，毕竟区块链技术是他们在未来会接触到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，比如这家非盈利教育组织——国际虚拟企业主办的这次贸易展。美国各地的学生都来展示自己的商业项目。他们全年都在制定商业计划、实施商业模式、研发网站、做有趣的展、向不同的公司和市场做销售。

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.

该学生项目比其他的虚拟商业模式更近一步，让学生们可以筹集虚拟资金，方式是在华尔街等场所销售股票。此外，我们还要查阅一些资料，比如保险政策和广告。我们要制作月度预算，这样才能确保资金的有效利用。

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.

这些学生会遇到经营企业会遇到的各种问题。我们有26位员工，这对于一家新公司来说是很多的人数了，所以这对于我们来说是一项巨大的挑战。职称越高，责任越大。首席执行官不好做，因为大家都很尊敬你，期待从你身上学到宝贵的知识，尤其是当你深知自己年纪尚小又没有什么商界经验的时候。因此，因此这对我是有些挑战的，因为每天在课堂上都要有完备的计划提供给大家。

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

不过，学生们说很享受课堂，虽然在学习经营企业的过程中会遇到挑战。