We’re in Business
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
A Successful Year “Okay, let’s get started,” Ms.
一个成功的年份 " 好吧,让我们开始吧,"女士。
Maybry said to the Kids Company Leaders Team (KCLT).
Maybry对Kids公司领导团队(KCLT)说.
Kids Company (Kids Co.)
儿童公司(儿童公司)
was a national program of school companies run by students.
是由学生经营的学校公司的国家方案。
The Adams School Kids Co.
亚当斯学校儿童公司.
had 93 members from six grades.
有93名来自六个年级的成员。
The Leaders Team was made up of five students who were elected each year.
领导小组由每年入选的5名学生组成.
Ms.
妈妈
Maybry was their advisor.
梅布里是他们的顾问
“It’s been a successful year,” Ms.
" 这是一个成功的一年 " 。
Maybry began.
梅布里开始了。
Adams Kids Co.
亚当斯儿童公司.
had exceeded its goal for the year.
超过了今年的目标。
The members had built the school garden, and opened a school store, and collected coats for homeless people.
成员建造了学校花园并开设了一所学校商店,为无家可归的人收集了外套。
“You did so well.
“你做的很好。
I wrote to the Kids Co.
我写信给儿童公司。
state committee about your success.”
州委员会关于你的成功 “
Ms.
妈妈
Maybry explained.
梅布里解释。
Important News “I have important news,” Ms.
重要新闻 “我有重要的消息,”
Maybry stated.
梅布里说。
“Cool!”
冷静!
Mandy interrupted, always ready to talk.
曼迪打断了,总是准备好说话。
“As members of the KCLT, you have been invited to present a project to the national Kids Co.
“作为科索沃法律委员会成员,你应邀向国家儿童公司介绍一个项目。
committee.
委员会。
If the committee members approve your plan, they will award $3,000 to fund your project,” Ms.
如果委员会成员批准你的计划,他们将给3 000美元来资助你的项目。
Maybry continued.
梅布里继续。
“Whoa!”
"哇!" (中文(简体) ).
said Brian, the math whiz and Kids Co.
布莱恩说,数学天才和孩子公司。
finance guy.
财经人物.
“We could really be in business.”
“我们确实可以做生意。 “
“Yes,” said Ms.
“是的,”她说。
Maybry cautiously, “but you need a plan.”
Maybry谨慎地说:“但你需要一个计划。 “
“Look over the requirements,” Ms.
“看看要求,”
Maybry advised.
梅布里建议。
“Agree on a project to propose.”
“同意提出一个项目。 “
Jason and Elizabeth began reading and taking notes.
杰森和伊丽莎白开始阅读和作笔记.
Chris and Mandy started talking about how exciting this opportunity was.
克里斯和曼迪开始谈论这个机会是多么令人兴奋.
Brian was figuring out how much time they had to complete the project.
Brian在想他们需要多少时间来完成这个项目
“Let’s start a bookmobile for preschoolers,” said Brian.
Brian说:“让我们为学龄前儿童开个书房吧。
“How about a baby-sitting program to help adults going back to school?”
“一个帮助成年人重返学校的保姆方案如何? “
offered Chris.
提供克里斯。
“Or a music video with a message,” Mandy added.
Mandy补充说,
“Wait a minute, you guys!”
"等一下,伙计们!"
Elizabeth interrupted.
伊丽莎白打断。
“Aren’t we a team?
我们不是团队吗?
We have to decide together.”
我们必须一起决定。 “
“Looks like we’re going to have to decide on a way to decide,” Jason observed.
Jason指出,
The leaders stopped what they were doing.
领导人停止了他们的行为。
They sat looking at each other not sure what to do next.
他们坐以待毙地看着对方 不知接下来该怎么办
Again, Mandy was the first to speak.
复次曼dy罗为先说.
“How are we ever going to pick a project?”
“我们如何选择一个项目? “
she said.
她说。
“We could put all of the projects in a hat and pick one,“ Chris suggested.
“我们可以把所有的项目放在一顶帽子上,
“That doesn’t seem right,” Jason said.
Jason说,
“We were elected to lead.
“我们当选领导。
We should be doing more than just throwing ideas in a hat.”
我们应该做更多 不只是扔想法 在帽子。 “
Making a Decision “What do the rules say?”
作出决定 “规则怎么说? “
Mandy asked.
曼地问.
Elizabeth explained that the project had to follow the Kids Co.
伊丽莎白解释说,这个项目必须跟随"Kids Co".
mission statement, and the plan had to show how the money would be used.
任务说明书,计划必须说明资金将如何使用。
Jason pulled out the Kids Co.
杰森拔出儿童公司。
mission statement.
任务说明。
He read: “Kids Co.
他写道:“Kids Co.
participants work together to learn and use the ways of business to run successful projects that benefit the school and community in a positive way.”
参与者共同努力学习和利用商业方式,以积极的方式管理有益于学校和社区的成功项目。 “
“How will we choose?”
“我们如何选择? “
said Chris.
克里斯说。
“We can’t draw straws or play Rock, Paper, Scissors.”
我们无法画出稻草或演奏摇滚、剪刀和剪刀。 “
“We have to operate like a business,” Elizabeth agreed.
“我们必须像企业一样运作,”伊丽莎白同意。
“How do we do that?”
“我们如何做到这一点? “
asked Brian.
问布莱恩。
“We ask the people who elected us,” suggested Jason.
“我们问选举我们的人民”,杰森建议。
“What a great idea,” said Mandy.
Mandy说,“一个伟大的想法,”
“We’ll present our ideas to our stockholders, like a real corporation.”
“我们将像真正的公司一样,向我们的股东介绍我们的想法。 “
Mandy could find the drama in any situation.
Mandy在任何情况下都能找到剧情
The team leaders decided they would present their ideas to all the members of the Adams Kids Co.
团队领导决定向亚当斯儿童公司所有成员提出他们的想法.
Then they would ask the members to vote on their project presentation ideas.
然后,他们将要求各成员对其项目介绍设想进行表决。
They would present the members’ favorite idea to the committee.
他们将向委员会介绍委员们最喜欢的想法。
The kids shared their plan with Ms.
孩子们和女士分享了他们的计划
Maybry.
梅布莱
“I think that’s a great plan,” Ms.
“我认为这是一个伟大的计划,”
Maybry said.
梅布里说。
“It shows leadership to ask the members of the company to participate in your decision.”
“请公司成员参与你的决定,显示了领导力。 “
The team divided up the tasks.
团队分出任务.
Brian, Mandy, and Chris began brainstorming project ideas.
布莱恩,曼迪,克里斯开始集思广益的项目构想.
They wanted to start with a list of potential ideas and end up with no more than three final ideas to put on the ballot.
他们想从潜在想法清单入手,最后只能提出三个最后想法来进行投票。
They had a lot of discussing to do.
他们有很多讨论要做。
Elizabeth and Jason would check that each idea supported the Kids Co.
Elizabeth和Jason会检查每个想法都支持Kids Co.
mission statement as they put together the information for the presentation.
任务说明,将信息汇集在一起,用于介绍。
Mandy and Chris began preparing their presentation to the Adams Kids Co.
曼迪和克丽丝开始准备向亚当斯儿童公司(英语:Adams Kids Co.
members.
成员。
First, they would review last year’s successes.
首先,他们将审查去年的成功。
Then, they would read the Kids Co.
然后,他们会读儿童公司。
mission statement and tell the club members about the invitation they had received from the Kids Co.
并告诉俱乐部成员他们从Kids Co收到的邀请
state committee.
州委员会.
At the end of their presentation, they would talk about the proposed ideas and pass out ballots for voting.
在发言结束时,他们将讨论提议的想法并投票表决。
Brian was preparing a letter inviting all of the members to meet after school on the following Monday.
布莱恩正在准备一封信,邀请所有成员在下周一放学后见面.
After that, he would design the ballots using a computer program.
之后,他将使用计算机程序设计选票.
By Thursday afternoon, the list of projects was complete.
到星期四下午,项目清单已经完成。
The entire KCLT agreed that the three projects were supported by the Kids Co.
整个科索沃法律委员会一致认为,这三个项目得到了Kids Co的支持。
mission statement and were good enough to present at the club meeting.
任务说明,并足以出席俱乐部会议。
The ballot was complete.
投票完毕。
The projects were: • An after-school reading program for kids and grown-ups.
这些项目是: 儿童及成年人课后阅读计划.
• A music video for sale to promote the school tutoring program.
• 支助 音乐录影带发售 推广校园辅导计划.
• A baby-sitting program for the kids of adults who are going back to school.
• 支助 为准备重返学校的成年人的子女开办的育儿方案。
The Company Meeting The day of the meeting arrived.
公司会议 会议当天到了。
The members of the KCLT dressed in their most business-like clothes.
KCLT的成员穿着最有商业色彩的衣服.
The club met in the school multi-purpose room.
俱乐部在学校多功能室相会.
“Are you guys ready?”
" 你们准备好了吗? “
Brian asked Mandy and Chris.
布莱恩问了曼迪和克莉丝.
Mandy nodded her head.
Mandy点头了
Brian thought it was the first time he saw Mandy answer without words.
布莱恩认为这是他第一次看到曼迪没有文字的回答.
Mandy and Chris gave their presentation.
曼迪和克莉丝作了介绍.
The whole club applauded.
整个俱乐部都赞美。
The students were glad to be included in the decision-making process.
学生们很高兴能够参与决策过程。
The ballots were passed out.
选票被淘汰。
Elizabeth collected the ballots and most of the club stayed to see which project would be voted the favorite.
Elizabeth收集了选票,大多数俱乐部都留下来看哪个项目将会是最受欢迎的投票.
As it turned out, the afterschool reading program won by a landslide.
结果发现,课后阅读方案被山体滑坡所取胜.
“I guess everyone agreed that our school could use the money to buy students more books,” Brian said.
“我想大家都同意,我们的学校可以用这笔钱购买更多的书籍,”布莱恩说。
“Or maybe they thought the music video wouldn’t sell,” Mandy suggested.
也许他们认为音乐录像不会卖出,
“Maybe they thought helping parents needing baby-sitting would be too hard for students to organize,” said Chris.
“也许他们认为帮助需要照顾孩子的父母对学生来说太难组织,”克里斯说。
The Plan “Whatever they thought,” Brian said, “we’d better get to work.
“不管他们怎么想,”布莱恩说,“我们最好开始工作。
We have a project.
我们有一个项目。
Now we need a good business plan.”
现在我们需要一个良好的业务计划。 “
But the plan didn’t take long, because Brian had been working on all three plans all along.
因为布莱恩一直致力于这三项计划。
He sat with the Leaders Team and Ms.
他与领导小组和Ms.
Maybry to show them how they might spend the $3,000 to buy books, supplies, and advertising for the program.
梅布里向他们展示他们如何花费3000美元 购买书本,用品, 和广告为节目。
“Brian,” said Mandy, “you are the financial expert—you should present the plan.”
" Brian, " Mandy说, " 你是财务专家,你应该提出计划。 “
“Thanks, but I get so nervous when I talk to a group,” Brian said.
Brian说:「谢谢,