♦A：你的股票怎么样了，凯特？ Nǐ de gǔpiào zěnme yàngle, kǎitè? How are your stocks doing, Kate? ♦B：哦，还可以。我过去两年赔了一些钱，但是今年很不错。 Ó, hái kěyǐ. Wǒ guòqù liǎng nián péile yīxiē qián, dànshì jīnnián hěn bùcuò. Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good. ♦A：是啊。我投资因特网也赔了一些钱。 Shì a. Wǒ tóuzī yīntèwǎng yě péile yīxiē qián. Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet, too. ♦B：这说明你应该投资具体的公司，而不光是一些概念。 Zhè shuōmíng nǐ yīnggāi tóuzī jùtǐ de gōngsī, ér bùguāng shì yīxiē gàiniàn. Just goes to show that you should buy companies, not ideas. ♦A：我也改变了我的策略，我现在投资前景好的公司了。 Wǒ yě gǎibiànle wǒ de cèlüè, wǒ xiànzài tóuzī qiánjǐng hǎo de gōngsīle. I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now. ♦B：是的，我也是。你知道吉姆的事情吗？ Shì de, wǒ yěshì. Nǐ zhīdào jímǔ de shìqíng ma? Yeah, me too. Did you have news about Jim? ♦A：不知道。怎么了？ Bù zhīdào. Zěnmeliǎo? No. What happened? ♦B：他做生意把孩子上大学的钱赔了。 Tā zuò shēngyì bǎ háizi shàng dàxué de qián péile. He lost his kids’ college money by trading. ♦A：哦，天啊！他的太太听了肯定会不高兴的。 Ó, tiān a! Tā de tàitài tīngle kěndìng huì bù gāoxìng de. Oh, boy! His wife can’t be happy about that.
