Julia: Hello, can I speak to Mr. Smith?
Smith: Yes, speaking.
Julia: This is Julia speaking. I'd like to buy a stock.
Smith: What stock do you want to buy and how many?
Julia: I want to buy 1000 shares of Dubon.
Smith: Let me get the asking price of the stock. Just a moment. Oh, now the asking price is $80 each share. By the way, what is the offering price?
Julia: Let me see. The offering price is near or at $78.
Smith: Then the difference between the asking price and the offering price is $2. It's hard to take place today.
Julia: Do you mean that I have to buy at current price?
Smith: You can decide by yourself.
Julia: I heard that this stock would go up. Hmm, I will take it at current price.
Smith: So, now I will buy in. Are you sure? Julia: Yes, please.
1. 對話中Julia經人介紹，找到了股票經紀人史密斯先生。Julia說她想買股票，Smith問她，要買哪一支呢？要買多少呢？What stock do you want to buy and how many?
2. Julia說想買1000股的杜邦股票。Share這裏的.意思是“股，股份”，比如說，$2 of shares are not worth $2.75. 2美元的股份現在值2.75美元，看來是升值了。
3. Smith要先查一下現在的賣出價是多少，就是the asking price of the stock。相對的the offering price 就是買進價。現在Julia要買進的股票的賣出價是80美元每股，那Julia能承受的買進價是多少呢？
4. 大概在78美元左右。賣出價和買入價的價差是兩美元，看來今天是無法成交了。那麼只能現價買入了嗎？Buy at certain price，意思是“以某種價格購買某物”。take place 這個詞組表示“發生，舉行”。
5. 買還是不買，就看Julia自己決定了。她覺得這支股票的價格會上漲，應該會賺一筆，所以還是決定以現價買入了。這樣Smith就幫她買入了，就是buy in。
當然，隨着網絡的發展、證券軟件的普及，現在許多股民已經是坐在家裏的電腦前炒股了。只要去證券公司開個賬號，給電腦裝上證券公司的交易軟件，就可以在“彈指之間”進行交易了。