瞄準東南亞新市場
Asia’s popular sushi chain, Kura Sushi, recently had a meeting with its shareholders.
亞洲知名的迴轉壽司品牌藏壽司，最近召開了股東會。
shareholder(n.)股東share(n.)股份
The company decided to close all its stores in Shanghai by the end of this year.
公司決定在今年年底前關閉上海所有分店。
decide to VR決定去做decide on…選定…
Chairman Kentaro Nishikawa said they made this decision to stop losing more money in China.
董事長西川健太郎說，他們的決定是為了避免在中國繼續虧錢。
make a decision下定決心=be determined to VR
Even though the company has made profits overall, they want to pause their investments in China for now. Instead, they will try to find new business chances in Southeast Asia.
雖然公司整體有獲利，但現在想暫時停止在中國的投資，轉而尋找東南亞的新商機。
make profits賺錢、獲利pause(v.)暫停high-risk investment高風險投資make an investment進行投資invest money (time) in…投資金錢在…、投入時間做…
At the meeting, some shareholders worried about Taiwan’s low average wages and fewer young people working.
會議中，有股東擔心台灣平均薪資偏低，還有年輕勞動力減少的問題。
wage(n.)工資income(n.)收入annual income年收入monthly income月收入
Taiwan now has a shortage of workers, so many companies find it hard to hire staff.
台灣現在缺工，很多公司覺得找人很難。
shortage(n.)短缺、不足staff member一位員工
Chairman Nishikawa explained many employees work part-time, which lowers the average salary. But full-time workers get good pay in the food industry.
西川董事長解釋說，很多員工是兼職，所以拉低了平均薪資，但全職員工在餐飲業的薪水很好。
pay(n.)薪資、報酬
The company will be flexible and may change salaries based on how the business grows.
公司會保持彈性，根據公司發展調整薪資。
flexible(adj.)有彈性的based on根據、基於
To solve the worker shortage, Kura Sushi plans to help part-time employees become full-time. They will also hire more foreign workers.
為了解決缺工問題，藏壽司計畫幫助兼職員工轉為正職，也會聘請更多外籍勞工。
hire(v.)雇用、聘請=employemployed(adj.)在職的unemployed(adj.)失業的
This plan will help the company grow and keep enough workers in the future.
這個計畫會幫助公司成長，並確保未來有足夠的員工。