Business Channel 2006-10-14&16
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2006年
Little old ladies competing at dumpling-making contests, butchers chopping large chunks 1 of meat basketballs by the dozen. Five million people a week shop at Wal-Mart stores in China. And if the American retailer 3 has its way, there will soon be millions more. The company is said to be close to buying a retail 2 chain there that could make it the biggest food and department store network in the country. The Wall Street Journal quotes sources saying the world's largest retailer has agreed to buy the retail stores of Trust-Mart, a Taiwanese supermarket chain for 1 billion dollars. Ever since China opened the door to international competition, foreign and domestic retailers 4 have been slugging it out to dominate the world's fastest growing economy. Wal-Mart says in 20 years it hopes to be as big in China as it is in the United States. One major difference: Wal-Mart allows labor 5 unions into nearly all its Chinese stores, something it's loath 6 to do in the US. But as in the US, Wal-Mart intends to make its presence and discounts known across the Chinese countryside. And in a country with a 500-billion-dollar retail market, that's a lot of dumplings.
Eunice Yoon, CNN , Hong Kong.
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slug it out-- to fight, esp. with fists, until a decisive victory has been achieved
- a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
- Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？
- In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
- These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
- What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
- The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。
- High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
- Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。