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business
/ˈbɪznəs/
TRADE贸易
商业；买卖；生意
It's been a pleasure to do business with you.
和你做生意很愉快。
How's business?
生意怎么样？
Business was bad.
生意不景气。
WORK工作
商务；公事
on business出差
I'm here on business.
我来这里出差。
He's away on business.
他出差去了。
COMPANY公司
企业；公司；商店
to have/start/run a business
拥有/开办/经营企业
He started his own business after graduation.
他毕业后自己创业。
RESPONSIBILITY职责
归（某人或某机构）管的事；职责
government business
政府事务
This is none of your business.
这与你无关。
Mind your own business.
管好你自己的事情。
Linda is going to lay aside money to start a business.
琳达打算把钱存起来创业。
Jack dropped out of school and planned to start his own business.
杰克辍学并计划自己创业。
The little boy has a dream that one day he can have his own company.
小男孩梦想有一天可以建立一家属于自己的公司。
More and more college students choose to start a business after graduation.
越来越多的大学生毕业后选择创业。
A: You will graduate next month, why not start searching for a job?
你下个月就毕业了，为什么不开始找工作呢？
search/look for表示“寻找”
B: I want to do something more challenging.
我想做点更具有挑战性的事情。
A: Like what?
比如说呢？
B: I plan to set up in business on my own account.
我计划自己创业。
set up in business表示“创业”，on my own account表示“为我自己”
A: That sounds great, but it is not a good time for you to start your own business.
听起来很不错，但是对你来说，创业还不是时候。
B: Why?
为什么？
A: In my personal point of view, it's unpractical for college students to be self-employed. College students have little experience in managing a business. They're not familiar with the real business world.
我个人认为，大学生自主创业是不现实的。
大学生几乎没有从商经验，而且他们对商业圈还非常陌生。
in my (personal) point of view表示“依我个人看来”，类似表达还有in my view/opinion
B: More and more college students choose to start a business after graduation. I think it is an attractive choice and a good way for college students to start careers.
越来越多的大学生毕业之后选择创业，我认为这是一个极具吸引力的选择，也是一个好的职业开端。
A: I don't mean to discourage you, but most new business has failed. Are you fully prepared for starting a business?
我不是想打击你，但是很多刚开始创业的人都失败了，你准备好作业了吗？
be fully prepared for doing..表示“做好充分准备做...”，比如：I am fully prepared for this exam.这次考试我已经充分准备好了。
B: Sure I am.
当然准备好了。