VOA常速英语:Malaysia Sees Surge in Microbusinesses

Mornings for Chris Terry of halo donut means its time to hand make sweet treats,with flavors such as lemon pop, cinnamon affair along with burnt salty.
对于光环甜甜圈的克里斯·特里来说，早上意味着做手工甜点的时间，这些甜点的口味有柠檬汽水，肉桂，还有焦盐味。
Everything is made from scratch.
一切都是从零开始的。
So the financial downturn helped me revisit my passion.
金融低迷期帮助我重新燃起了我的激情。
Unemployed in March, this former video producer with a zeal for cooking,started making donuts for friends.
三月份失业后，这位热衷于烹饪的前视频制片人开始为朋友制作甜甜圈。
So one of my best friends said now Chris I think you should sell this,I think you should make this into a business.
我的一个好朋友说，克里斯，我认为你应该售卖甜甜圈，我觉得你应该把这个做成生意。
Terry started out at her mothers kitchen, but quickly outgrew it.
特里一开始是在她母亲的厨房制作，但这项生意很快就发展壮大了。
So now she rents space in a shared commercial kitchen.
现在她在一个共享的商业厨房里租了个地方。
It only costs about 400 US dollars a month,and includes all the pots and pans which keeps the expenses down.
每月只要四百美元左右，而且提供了所有的锅碗瓢盆，这样可以降低开支。
We started it in a shared kitchen because its low risk and its low investment.
我们是在一个共享厨房开始的，因为它风险低，投资少。
I think its the perfect way to start a business.
我认为这是创业的最佳方式。
While various new businesses have different back stories,Terrys situation fits a trend that shows a rapidly growing number of micro businesses in Malaysia.
虽然各种新企业的背景不同，但特里的情况符合马来西亚微型企业数量迅速增长的趋势。
Businesses that are starting up from even the garage or their house to kitchen, their home kitchen.
从车库或从家里到厨房，甚至是家庭厨房的初创企业都在起步。
Raymond Wu of the Malaysia retail chain association says,there are easily tens of thousands of micro businesses that have started up in the country since the economic downturn started in March.
马来西亚零售连锁店协会的雷蒙德·吴表示，自三月份经济低迷以来，该国很容易就有数万家微型企业发展起来。
The people behind them often need a low risk way of earning income,after being laid off or forced to take a pay cut.
背后的创业者在被解雇或被迫减薪后，往往需要一种低风险的收入方式。
It could be doing marketing advisory businesses, website photography,services that they actually know as a hobby,and then moving that hobby and monetizing it.
可能是做营销咨询业务，网站摄影等以爱好发展出来的服务，然后转移这种爱好，用其来赚钱。
At a recent pop-up event, customers sunk their teeth into Terrys donuts at prices,ranging from one to two dollars each depending on the flavor.
在最近的一次活动中，顾客们狼吞虎咽地吃着特里的甜甜圈，价格从一美元到两美元不等，具体取决于口味。
One thing is the fluffiness of the donut and the flavor is always something out of the ordinary.
甜甜圈很松软，味道与众不同。
Halo donut has not quite reached the break-even point yet.
光环甜甜圈还没有完全达到盈亏平衡点。
But Terry expects to turn this into a profitable business within a few months.
但特里预计在几个月内将这变成一项盈利的业务。
She currently has one part-time kitchen worker but plans on hiring more soon.
她目前有一名兼职厨房工人，但计划很快招聘更多人。
For VOA news Dave Grunoval Pedaling Jaya Malaysia
美国之音记者Dave Grunoval马来西亚报道