每日口說挑戰精品銀行的崛起 (Rise of the Boutique Banks)

[Transcript]


[0’22’’] Intro:
Hello VoiceTubers! Have you heard of Boutique Investment Banks? Boutique investment banks generally work on smaller deals involving middle-market companies, and usually assist on the sell or buy-side in mergers and acquisitions transactions. Also, they often specialize in certain industries such as media, healthcare, technology or energy. You can watch our video to learn more. But first, let’s go over our featured sentence and vocabulary words.

[1’00] Sentence:

This new generation of boutique banks is nostalgic for the old ways of banking - small partnerships, where a select group of senior bankers mostly own and operate the firm.

Here is the sentence again, broken up into sections so you can read along after me.


Next up, our vocabulary words.

[2’01’’]Vocab:
boutique (n.) KK[buˋtik] IPA/buːˈtiːk/
賣流行服飾的小商店，精品店 a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, jewellery, etc.

Example:
She owns a boutique in the city center specializing in handmade hats and bags.
她在市中心擁有一家精品店，專賣手工製作的帽子和包包。

nostalgic (adj.) KK[nɑsˋtældʒɪk] IPA /nɑːˈstæl.dʒɪk/
懷舊的 feeling happy and also slightly sad when you think about things that happened in the past

Example:
This restaurant immediately brought back nostalgic memories from my childhood.
這家餐廳立刻勾起了我童年的懷舊回憶。

operate (v.) KK[ˋɑpə͵ret] IPA /ˈɑː.pə.reɪt/
（使）運行；運作；操作 to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect

Example:
He is teaching the new staff how to operate the cash register.
他正在教新員工如何操作收銀機。


[3’03’’] Outro:

Today is my final episode on the Pronunciation Challenge Show! I’m a little sad but I hope there will be other opportunities where I will meet you all again sometime soon. Meanwhile, I hope you have enjoyed listening to my shows. I am often touched by the dedication many of you have put into practicing and recording these pronunciation challenges day after day. Alright, so it’s time for me to bid farewell. All the best with your English learning and feel free to look me up on Instagram @jennydashti so we can keep in touch. My name is Jenny, and goodbye for now!　

停了好幾天，一直覺得沒來錄音好像有什麼事情沒做完，卻一直偷懶…
今天早上成功讓自己先出去跑5km，然後回來錄音，算是好的開始吧！

期末爆炸中～
加油衝過去就是寒假了！(｡ì _ í｡)

This new generation of boutique banks is nostalgic for the old ways of banking - small partnerships, where a select group of senior bankers mostly own and operate the firm.

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This new generation of boutique banks/ is nostalgic for the old ways of banking - small partnerships, where a select group of senior bankers/ mostly own and operate the firm.

This new generation of boutique banks is nostalgic for the old ways of banking - small partnerships, where a select group of senior bankers mostly own and operate the firm.

新時代的精品銀行使用懷舊的銀行經營模式-小型合夥企業, 一群精選的資深銀行家大多擁有並運營這些公司。