时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:百朗2013高考听力快速版


英语课
Todd: So now Dan you live in Bali, Indonesia, which is a very beautiful place and you do a lot of business in Southeast Asia. Why do you think Southeast Asia is a good place to do business?
 
Dan: Well, one of the primary reasons is the lifestyle. If you are generating a reasonable income on western standards, you can—what we do is, you know, perform some global arbitrage 1. You can take that western level salary and move it to a developing area of the world like here in Southeast Asia, and your purchasing power is much greater.
 
So if you’re selling products in a higher valued economy like Germany and you’re living in Vietnam, you’re going to be able to experience a much higher lifestyle. And we call that concept arbitrage. You know, currency markets and stock traders have used that kind of concept all the time because they’re dealing 2 with very liquid assets. In our case, you know, our locations weren't always so liquid. It wasn’t always so easy to change your location. Now with internet style business, it’s getting easier.
 
So primarily, the lifestyle, I found that that’s a great tool for recruiting because staff, they want to have a great lifestyle too. So if you can set up an office in a place like Bali, Indonesia, it’s like paradise on earth. It’s so beautiful here, people want to join you, and so it’s great for recruiting as well.
 
Todd: Do you find it’s harder to get work done in a beautiful place. I mean, Bali is basically paradise. Can you still follow the nine-to-five work grind and get things done?
 
Dan: I find that I get more work done in Bali because the cost of living here is lower on all fronts. Not only is food cheaper, rent cheaper, but it’s easier to get people to help you out to do things. For example, in United States, I can't afford to pay somebody to do my laundry. It’s too expensive. But here in Bali, I have somebody do my laundry and that saves me two hours a week.
 
Simple things like that start to add up. It’s a very relaxed and healthy place that helps me focus on work. I have a lot of friends that live in New York city for example and they spend so much time traveling on the train, making money to afford living there, and I see that as a much more stressful, difficult environment to really be productive and creative. Here in Bali, I have no problems focusing on my work.
 
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Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson!
generate
 
You are generating a reasonable income
 
To generate means to make or create. Notice the following:
 
We need to generate more revenue.
I am not generating enough income to survive.
purchasing power
 
Your purchasing power is much greater.
 
Purchasing power is the ability to buy things. Notice the following:
 
Purchasing power is often lower in big cities.
When purchasing power is low, inflation is high.
arbitrage
 
And we call that concept arbitrage.
 
Arbitrage is buying something you can easily sell at a higher value. Notice the following:
 
He makes a living in currency arbitrage.
In arbitrage, one person is always the loser.
liquid assets
 
They’re dealing with very liquid assets.
 
A liquid asset is an investment (cash, house, stocks) that you can sell easily. Notice the following:
 
Stocks are good liquid assets.
House are liquid assets in a good market.
grind
 
Can you still follow the 9-5 work grind?
 
A grind is a difficult schedule or routine. Notice the following:
 
My new job is a grind.
Working in a big city is a grind.
all fronts
 
The cost of living here is lower on all fronts.
 
Here all fronts means all areas. Notice the following:
 
We are losing money on all fronts.
We need to do better on all fronts.


1 arbitrage
n.套利,套汇
  • This is an example of arbitrage.这就是套利的一个例子。
  • That is interest arbitrage in practice.这就是所谓的套利。
2 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
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