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Thetechnology-focusedUSexchangeandtheNewYorkStockExchangearethefirstforeigngroupstoexploitarecentchangeofrulesthatpermitsnon-Chineseboursestoestablishmarketingofficesonthemainland.
纳斯达克副董事长、前美国国会议员迈克尔?
奥克斯利（MichaelOxley）称，通过北京代表处，纳斯达克可以向那些希望进入这个“大联盟”的中国企业宣传美国的资本市场。
TheofficewillallowNasdaqtopubliciseUScapitalmarketstoChinesepanieswishingtoenterthe“bigleague”,aordingtoMichaelOxley,thevice-chairmanandaformerUSlawmaker.
近年来，已有几百家中国企业蜂拥至香港上市。
而今年，在上海和深圳上市的内地企业也越来越多。
Inrecentyears,severalhundredChinesepanieshaveflockedtolistinHongKong.Thisyear,anincreasingnumberofmainlandpanieshavelistedinShanghaiandShenzhen.
相比之下，国际证交所很难吸引到中国公司前往上市，尤其是美国的证交所，原因是很多公司高管认为，自己的公司会受到繁重的监管，还要面临美国的诉讼环境。
Internationalexchangeshave,byparison,struggledtoattractChineseissuers,withthoseintheUSinparticularhitbyperceptionsamongbusinessexecutivesthattheirpanieswouldbesubjecttoonerousregulationaswellasthecountry’slitigiousenvironment.
奥克斯利否认，对过度监管的恐惧会损害纳斯达克魅力攻势。
他是美国xx年颁布的《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》（Sarbanes-OxleyAct）的联合提案人。
MrOxley,co-authoroftheSarbanes-OxleyActintheUSinxx,rebuffedconcernsthatfearsofover-regulationwouldhurtNasdaq’scharmoffensive.
“你可以看到，自从实行《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》以来，全球的监管标准都有所提高，”他说道。
“通过在美国上市，公司会达到最高监管标准。
好的治理有益于公司。
”
“YouhaveseenanincreaseinregulatorystandardsworldwidesincetheintroductionofSarbanes-Oxley,”hesaid.“BylistingintheUS,paniesreachthehighestregulatorystandards.Goodgovernanceisgoodforbusiness.”
纳斯达克今年吸引了19家中国公司进行首次公开发行（IPO），数目比去年提高一倍，也使得在纳斯达克上市的中国企业总数达到52家。
Nasdaqhasattracted19initialpublicofferingsofChinesepaniesthisyear,doublethatoflastyear,raisingthetotalto52.
以前，纳斯达克吸引了相当一部分内地科技公司前去上市。
不过，投资银行家们认为，上个月，中国领先的“BtoB”电子商务网站阿里巴巴（Alibaba.）在香港的上市取得了极大的成功，有助于香港吸引类似的IPO，对这家美国证交所构成了挑战。
Ithastraditionallyat-tractedasignificantproportionofmainlandtechnologypanies,althoughinvestmentbankersbelievelastmonth’shugelysuessfullistinginHongKongofAlibaba.,China’sleadingbusiness-to-businesswebsite,couldhelpthecityattractsimilarIPOsattheexpenseoftheUSexchange.
阅读素材二
Teamworkisaveryimportantskilltohaveandbeabletouseinamodernworkingenvironment.Effectiveteamworkwillmakeanypanymoreefficientandprofitable.
Eachpersonhashisorherownspecialskills.Whenyouareselectingateam,it’sbesttogetpeoplewithdifferentskillssothatyoucangetasmanydifferentviewsaspossibletofindthebestsolution.
Whenyouareworkingonateamproject,youshouldnotbeafraidorembarrassedtoofferyouropinionofideas.Thegroup
willbenefitfromyourideasevenifitdoesn’tusethemdirectly.
Teamworkdoesnotmeanthatonepersondoesalltheworkthemselvesandthenthegrouptakesthecredit.Everyoneintheteamshoulddoanequalshareofthework.
在现代的工作环境中具有团队工作精神是非常重要的。
有效的团队工作可以提高工作效率使公司获得更多利润。
每个人都有自己的特长。
最好将不同才能的人选在一个团队里，这样就可以尽可能多地得到不同的意见从而找到一个最佳的解决方案。
大家合作一个项目时，不要羞于提出自己的观点。
尽管你的观点可能不被采用，整个团队也能从中受益。
团队工作不是指一个人承担所有的工作而由大家来居功。
团队中的每名成员应该共同分担一项工作。
阅读素材三
Mymusiclife
Inthefifthgradeatmyschool,westarttolearnhowtoplayinstruments.
Therearedifferentinstrumentsliketheviolin,cello（大提琴）,trumpet（小号）andflute（长笛）.Iplaytheviolin.
OnMondays,alltheplayersgotoabigmusicroomtoplaywiththewholeband.OnTuesdays,studentsgotosmallerclassroomstolearnhowtoplaytheirinstruments.
Itakegoodcareofmyviolin.Ineverleaveitoutinthesun.Ibringitbackhomewhenthedayisover.Ilikeplayingtheviolininmysparetime.NowI’mwiththeCaliforniaYouthSymphony（加州青年交响乐团）.Iplayverywell.I’mtheconcertmaster（首席小提琴手）ofJuniorstrings（小学弦乐器组）.
Learnit
takecareof...照顾，照料
Ihaveapetrabbit.Itakegoodcareofher.
（我有一只宠物兔。
我把它照料得很好。
）
阅读素材四
Historyisateacher
WHATareteenagersnowadayscrazyabout?
Popularsongs?
HarryPorterbooks?
Sportsoronlinegames?
Forme,theanswerishistory.
Historyisapartofmyleisure（空闲的）time.SinceIwas10,I’vebeenreadinghistorybooks,collectingoldmapsandvisitingmuseums.Ialwaysgetexcitedwhenpeoplearoundmetalkabouthistory.
Ihavelearntalotfromhistory.It’shelpedmedealwith（应付）theproblemsofgrowingup.Historyisprecious（珍贵的）wealth.
Historyhelpsmebeemoremature（成熟的）.Iusedtobelievethatlifeissimpletounderstand.NowIknowthatweshouldn’tmakesimplejudgments（判断）.Peoplearen’t"
good"
or"
bad"
;
thingsaren’t"
true"
false"
.
Historyhasalsomademementally（精神上）stronger.I’mmoreresponsiblenow.Ihavelearnedusefulthingsaboutmyselffromstudyingtheriseandfallofkingsandqueens.
WhenIstudiedChinesehistorybetween1840and1949,IknewImustbeastrongpersonanddomybestforChina.
FrancisBaconwrote,"
Historiesmakemenwise"
.Iagreewiththat.Ifyouknowhistoryyourespectthepastareconfidentaboutthefuture.Historytellsyouwhereyouefrom,whereyouareandwhereyouaregoing.Thatisthecharmofhistory.Don’tyouthinkso?
阅读素材五
Weneedcleanwater
WENJunhaoisacollegestudentfromLiuyang,Hunan.The22-year-oldremembersthatwhenhewasyoung,heoftenwenttohiscousin’shome.Thereisarivernearby.Heandhiscousinswamorcaughtfishintheriver.
Butlaterapapermill（造纸厂）wasbuiltbesidetheriver.Thefactoryputhotandfoamy（泡沫的）wastewaterinit.Soon,theriverbegantosmellbad.Thefishweregone,andyoucouldn’tswiminitanymore.
"
Fortunately,thepapermillstoppedworkingfiveyearsago,"
saidWen."
Thegovernmentsaiditpollutedtherivertoomuch."
Wen’shometownwaslucky.ButwaterpollutionisstillaseriousprobleminChina.Arecentreportsaysthatabout320millionpeopleinChina,mostofthemfarmers,can’tgetsafewater.
Thereportsaysthat96percentofvillagesuseriversasopensewers（下水道）.And89percentofvillagesthrowtheirtrashintooraroundthem.
Thereportalsosaysthatmostpollutionesfromfactories.Manyfactoriesdon’twanttospendmoneyongreentechnology.Theypolluteriverswithdangerouschemicals（化学品）.
Thegovernmentsaysthatlawsaboutwaterprotectionwillbepassedattheendofthisyear.
Thelawswillcallonallthepaniestoreusewastewater.Thosewhodon’twillbefined.Inthepast,thebiggestfinewas200,000yuan.Butwhenthenewlawsarepassed,polluterswillbefineddailyuntiltheyputtheproblemright.
阅读素材六
PUTERpanieskeeppetingtobuildsmallerdevices（装置）.Theyarefindingnewwaystoputdata（数据）intolessspaceonamemorychip（内存芯片）.
Computershavebeenmadesmallertofitontothedesktop,smalleragaintofitonourlapsandagaintofitintoourshirtpockets（口袋）.
Now,StuartS.P.Parkin,anIBMresearcher,islookingintoanewideainanIBMlab.Ifitprovessuessful,electronicdevicescouldhold10to100timesthedatainthesameamountofspace.
ThatmeanstheiPodthattodaycanholdupto200hoursofvideocouldstoreeverysingleTVprogrambroadcast（播放）duringaweekon120channels.
Parkinthinksheisclosetoabreakthrough.Thiscouldincreasetheamountofdatastoredonachip.
Atpresenttheflashdrives（闪存卡）businessisgrowingquickly.Theyareusedindigitalcameras,cellphonesandPCs.Flashdriveswithmultiple（多个）memorychipsstoreupto64gigabytes（十亿字节）ofdata.Asinglechipisexpectedtoreachabout50gigabytesinthenextfiveyears.
However,flashmemoryhasaproblem.Althoughitcanreaddataquickly,itisveryslowatstoringit.Thathasledtheindustryonahuntfornewstoragetechnologies.
ScientistssayParkin’snewputermemory,called"
racetrackmemory（赛道内存）"
couldbegintoreplaceflashmemoryinthreetofiveyears.
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