71.annual report ：年度報告
A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year.
在每個財政年末，由公司的資方向股東提供的財務報告。
72.asset ：資產
A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities
能被轉化為現金以抵消債務的財物
We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts.
我們被迫變賣一些資產以償還債務。 9
73.automation ：自動化
The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines
用計算機和自動化控制的機器來代替人力。
Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century.
到21世紀，工廠的自動化將繼續(xù)削減更多的就業(yè)機會。
74.balanced budget ：平衡預算
Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government.
一個機構的開支和收入相等，特別指在政府方面
75.bankruptcy ：破產
The inability to pay one’s debts; legal insolvency
無力償還債務，法律上的資不抵債。
Many private companies are forced to declare bankruptcy when they begin to lose business to their competitors.
許多私營企業(yè)在經營上輸給其競爭對手時，不得不宣布破產。
76.big business ：大公司
A term used to describe large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned business.
大規(guī)模的股份有限責任公司，與私有或家庭經營的小型企業(yè)相反。
Darren wants to get into big business some day.
77.Black Monday ：黑色星期一
October 19, 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 508 points in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
1987年10月19日，紐約股票交易所道·瓊斯工業(yè)股票平均指數狂跌創(chuàng)紀錄的508點。
78.blue chip stock ：熱門股票，績優(yōu)股，藍籌股
A term used to describe high-quality stocks of financially sound corporations
指財務上可靠的公司發(fā)行的高質量股票。
Mr. Jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks.
杰普遜先生持有的有價證券里全部都是熱門股票。
79.bond ：債券
A security issued by a corporation or public body and carrying a fixed rate of interest
由公司或政府機構發(fā)行的固有利率的有價債券。
What’s the interest rate on these bonds?
這些債券的利率是多少？
80.boom ：繁榮
A period of great economic activity and business expansion
(企業(yè)等)經濟非?；钴S，經營擴張的時期。
The soft drink business always booms in the summertime.
飲料業(yè)在夏天總是興旺繁榮。