地道美語聽力文字:風險投資

I’ve always been a pretty cautious investor. I like my investments to be conservative and I usually invest only in sure things. Recently, though, I’ve been tempted to take more risk.

我一直是一個非常謹慎的投資者。我喜歡我的保守投資，我通常只在有把握的事情投資。不過，最近，我一直嘗試冒更多的風險。

My friend, Bernie, is a very successful fund manager and he is willing to let me get in on one of his schemes. According to Bernie, he has a way to take advantage of the current economic climate so that he and his investors aren’t susceptible to the same market forces affecting other investors. Barring any significant changes to the current economy, I should be raking it in before the end of the year.

我的朋友，伯尼，是一個非常成功的.基金經理，他是願意讓我參與一個方案。據伯尼說，他能利用當前的經濟形勢，那樣他和他的投資者就不會受到影響他人的相同市場力量的影響。除非當前的經濟形勢有任何顯著的變化，我應在年底前發財。

Bernie isn’t someone who shoots from the hip, so if he says that this investment is going to be profitable, who am I to ask questions? I’m very tempted to throw caution to the wind and to take a chance. After all, it’s only money, right?

伯尼是不是魯莽做事的人，因此，如果他說，這項投資將是有利可圖的，我能反對嗎？我很想拋棄謹慎的做事風格，來次冒險。畢竟，只是錢的事，對吧？

cautious adj. 謹慎的

investor n. 投資者

conservative adj. 保守的

risk n. 冒險

get in on vt.參加

scheme n.方案

take advantage of 利用

economic climate 經濟形勢

susceptible adj. 易受...影響的

market force 市場力量

barring prep. 不包括, 除非

rake it in 發財

shoot from the hip 魯莽地做事

take a chance 冒險