对话文本
A: how often are stockholders meetings held?

B: stockholders meetings are held biannually. Usually the meetings are scheduled for spring and fall. In between the meertings, each stockholder receives biannual reports. Financial statements are made once a year.

A: what percentage of the stockholders actually attend the meetings? I'm guessing not a large percentage...

B: you're right, it's a low percentage. Also, in order to attend meetings, you have to hold a certain amount of shares. It's quite a large number, so most of the stockers are excluded from proceedings.

A: so, how much say do the stockholders really have?

B: unless they're united, very little...

参考翻译
股东大会多长时间开一次?
股东大会每半年召开一次.会议通常定在春秋两季.两会之间,每位股东都会收到每年2次的总结报告.财务报告是一年一次.
实际参加会议的古董占多大比例?我想不会太大…
你说的没错,比例很小.而且想要参加会议,你必须持有一定数量的股份.这可不是小数目,所以大多数股东都不能被列入会议记录.
那股东们的发言权究竟有多大?
除非他们团结一致,否则权利很小.

核心词汇
Biannual:每半年地

Percentage:百分比
What percentage of the population is/are overweight?
身体超重的人占人口多大的百分比?
A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
女职员中，兼职工作的人占很高的比例.
Interest rates are expected to rise by one percentage point(= one per cent).
利率预计将提高一个百分点.
The figure is expressed as a percentage.
数字是用百分率表示的.
The results were analysed in percentage terms.
结果是按百分比分析的.

Exclude: to prevent sb/sth from entering a place or taking part in sth 防止…进入；阻止…参加；把…排斥在外
Women are still excluded from some London clubs.
伦敦有些俱乐部仍然拒绝妇女参加.
Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school(= forbidden to attend because of bad behaviour).
人们对被学校开除的儿童人数越来越关注.
She felt excluded by the other girls(= they did not let her join in what they were doing).
她感到自己受到其他女孩子的排斥.

United: of people or groups 人或群体 in agreement and working together 和谐的;一致的;团结的
We need to become a more united team.
我们要成为一支更加团结的队伍.
They are united in their opposition to the plan.
他们一致反对这个计划.
We should present a united front(= an appearance of being in agreement with each other).
我们要表现得团结一致.

核心词组
Financial statement:财务报告

In between:在…之间

A certain amount:一定数量

Have say:有发言权

Have the final say:有最终决定权