Every year, over 40,000 students in Britain run a business. “Each business runs for one year,” said Ben, one of the group of students visiting Shanghai. ”When we started our business, we borrowed money from parents and friends. At the end of the year, these people will receive some of the profits(利润).” I asked Ben if running a business was difficult. He said that it was no problem. He said that they always received a lot of advice from teachers and business people.

Another member of the group, Regina, told me the four questions they always asked themselves. The questions are:

What do people want to buy?

Where is a good place to sell the product?

How is our product better than other products?

How much is the product?

I also wanted to know how the group was organized, Regina said that there were usually about five to seven students in each business and among them are one manager and one accountant(会计). I asked them who was the manager. “I am, of course,” said Regina.

“It was my idea to produce picture books,” she said. “They have been very popular with the other students.” I also asked the students what other people sold, “Other groups in our school sell things like T-shirts, videos and computer games,” said Ben.

“How much money do the businesses usually make?” I asked. “Some businesses make $ 20,000—30,000, but most groups make a small profit of about $ 1,000 – 3,000”, said Regina. I asked them what they did with the profits. “We can do what we like with the profits.” However, Regina told me that it was important not to waste the money. She always told the other groups to give the money to charity(慈善事业).

Most students enjoy running a business and all the students said that they had learnt a lot.

1. When the students begin a business, they ______.

  A. have made a small profit 

  B. have got enough money

  C. borrow money from parents and friends

  D. borrow money from teachers and business people

2. The manager of this group of students is ______.

  A. Ben     B. Regina     C. a teacher   D. a friend of theirs

3. This group of students sold ______ as their business.

  A. picture books   B. computer games  C. videos   D. T—shirt

4. The groups use the profits ______.

  A. for holding a party            B. to give to charity

  C. for their parents and friends         D. in different ways

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

  A. Most groups are able to get more money than they put in.

  B. Running a business is very difficult for Ben’s group.

  C. These students try their best to produce better and cheaper products.

  D. When the students run businesses, they get much help from other people.

 

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