VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：SE-ECON.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家ti:Hope of Profit, Social Change Meet in New College Programsar:Mario Ritteral:Economics report 00:00.00This is the VOA Special English00:03.46Economics Report.00:05.85Small business entrepreneurs00:08.49play an important part00:10.43in American job growth.00:12.77Small businesses ha

2、ve created00:15.01almost two-thirds of new jobs00:17.26in the last fifteen years.00:19.89They also employ about00:22.33forty percent of the workers00:24.37in high technology jobs.00:27.52The economy has traditionally00:30.20been divided into three sectors.00:33.55One is the private sector,00:35.94me

3、aning businesses.00:37.63The second is the public sector,00:41.41or government.00:43.10And the third00:44.40is the nonprofit sector.00:46.64But now some people00:49.32talk about a fourth sector.00:51.66It represents nonprofit00:54.81and for-profit organizations00:56.95working toward goals of social0

4、1:00.29change and environmental activism.01:03.73Universities are starting01:06.51to offer training01:07.66and degree programs01:09.55to prepare students01:11.19to work in this area.01:13.43One of these schools01:15.57is Belmont University01:17.41in Nashville, Tennessee.01:19.65It now offers a degre

5、e01:22.19in social entrepreneurship.01:25.13Bernard Turner01:27.66is director of the Center01:29.51for Social Entrepreneurship01:31.70at the university.01:33.49He says student interest01:36.08is driving these new programs.01:38.57BERNARD TURNER: Students are saying01:40.12Now I want to be an entrepr

6、eneur,01:42.31but I want to do something01:44.94that deals with a social problem01:46.44or a social issue thats dear to me.01:47.78So what happens is that01:49.07a lot of these programs01:50.12have come to fruition01:51.51because they are student-driven.01:53.20William Paddock is founder01:55.00and

7、director of a business01:57.38consulting company in Tennessee01:59.47called WAP Sustainability.02:03.46He has a business degree02:05.84and training in the area02:07.79of environmental sustainability.02:10.87Recently, the Custom Packaging02:13.81company of Lebanon, Tennessee,02:16.05hired him to help

8、 make its business02:18.94more environmentally friendly.02:21.38The company makes02:23.67cardboard advertising displays02:25.76for sales campaigns.02:27.65Mr. Paddock advised the company02:31.29on recycling and ways02:33.53to create less waste.02:35.18He also persuaded the business02:38.16to use ele

9、ctricity from solar energy.02:42.38William Paddock offers02:44.87his consulting services for profit,02:47.46but says social responsibility02:50.39is a big part of what his company does.02:54.43WILLIAM PADDOCK: For us its about02:55.72protecting the environment,02:57.16being better to society,02:58.3

10、7but also theres an economic piece to it.03:00.81We love to, you know, find our passions,03:04.14but also save somebody money.03:05.53There are now more than sixty03:07.67American universities offering03:09.71so-called green business degrees.03:12.55The definition03:14.95of social entrepreneurship03

11、:16.34and the exact nature of this sector03:19.08continue to evolve.03:21.22Some people are more interested03:23.91in social programs and charity.03:26.64Others are more interested03:29.08in business plans and profits.03:31.68But the root of the movement03:34.07seems to be a desire03:35.86to earn a living and make03:38.20a difference at the same time.03:40.94And thats the VOA Special English03:44.61Economics report,03:46.35co-written by Mike Osborne.03:49.14You can watch a video report03:51.38on social entrepreneurship 03:56.60Im Mario Ritter.高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！