今天天津环球教育学校王宪老师希望大家可以通过学习与企业和企业家相关的词汇，拓展关于描述businessman这个话题的思路。

　　我们先来看两家知名公司脸书和微软从事的主营业务：

　　Facebook is an online social networking service company. Microsoft is a computer software company.

　　以及两位年轻的企业家（young business entrepreneurs）的背景：

　　Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates were both university students when they started (set up建立) their companies. Zuckerberg was studying at Harvard in the US when he launched (made it available to the public推出) Facebook in 2004. And Bill Gates took a break from Harvard to launch Microsoft in 1976, but never returned to his studies （重返学习）.

　　我们再以四个快问快答的方式来了解还可以从哪些方面介绍企业家：

　　1.What are the drawbacks/disadvantages for young entrepreneurs?

　　One of the drawbacks of being young and your own boss is that everyone who works for you is older than you.

　　Well, let's consider a real case. Young British entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie started his first company when he was 17, followed by another business shortly afterwards. Then whilst studying chemistry at university he started his third company, an online version of the pound shop - or dollar store in the US (一元店) - where everything in the shop is priced at one pound.

　　Sacranie said, "I've got two additional directors who have grey hair".（grey-haired directors白发主管） It actually… commercial meetings are excellent now, you know. But before that I think I came across (make an impression on people留下印象) quite professional but you could still tell they were thinking in the back of their heads, 'I've got a kid sitting in front of me.'

　　2.How does having grey-haired executives (people who run a business) on board (being part of a team) help?

　　They bring experience to the table (provide something useful). You could learn a lot from them.

　　3.What do you need to be a successful businessman?

　　a keen (well-developed) mind

　　great business acumen good (judgment)

　　an abundant enthusiasm

　　4.Do you think that school prepared you well for working life?

　　No, not really. I studied Latin at school, and I don't use that much. And maths - well, I never use trigonometry or calculus. So I'm not sure how useful maths lessons were…

　　Yes, but I am very good at it! And the point is that I've got a fantastic job now. And if you're really interested in something you can always acquire (get) the skills you don't have.

　　企业家Jessica Rose分享自己的从商经历：

　　She used her savings to learn jewelry making and then set up her own jewelry -making business.

　　Jessica Rose, owner of a jewelry making business, said, "I didn't need all these previous skills and experience to go out there and start on my own. When I first started I had no business training whatsoever, no jewelry training whatsoever, but I kind of woke up one day and thought I'd really love to be a jewelry designer. Which is kind of a tricky position to be in, because it's you know, a lot of people would say and did say, well, you know, you're mad."

　　没有专业经验的Jessica取得了成功Despite setting out with no business experience and no jewelry training - her enthusiasm for the article paid off (was successful).

　　最后我们来复习一下今天学习的词汇：

　　drawbacks

　　executives

　　on board

　　bring something to the table

　　keen

　　(business) acumen

　　acquire

　　paid off