商务英语口语对话:合并之后会发生什么?
A:Did you hear the news?Two of our major supplliers,Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging!If they are conglomerated into one company into one company,it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.
B:Are you sure?Who told you that?I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one 're supposed to be bitter enemies,the strictest of must be a can't be ture.
A:I read it myself on the financial 're really going to join together.U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's,they will take over the company as of next month.
B:The competition must have been too stiff for rwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?
A:I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat you can't beat'em,join'em.
你听说了吗?我们的两个大供应商墨菲音乐制作公司和优及唱片公司要合并了!如果他们合并成一个公司,那会严重影响我们的销售策略.
你肯定吗?谁告诉你的?我非常怀疑他们会采取合并成一个公司的策略...他们应该是死敌,最大的竞争对手.这一定是传闻,不可能是真的.
这是我在财经版上亲眼看到的.他们真的要联手了.墨菲制作公司买下了优及唱片公司的所有权,他们从下个月起就接管这个公司了.
优及唱片公司一定是承受不了这激烈的竞争,否则他们为什么会让自己不共戴天的仇敌接管呢?
我想他们一定认为合并比在残酷的竞争中生存要容易得多.如果不能打败他们,就与他们联盟.
来源:恒星英语-口语频道
merge:to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing (使)合并,结合,并入
His department will be merged with mine. 他的部门将和我的部门合并.
The company was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并组成的.
take something over:to gain control of a business, a company, etc., especially by buying shares 接收,接管(企业、公司等,尤指通过购买股份)
CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥伦比亚广播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收购.
if you can't beat them, join them
if you cannot defeat somebody or be as successful as they are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some advantage for yourself by doing so 打不赢,就投靠
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