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媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。
Background: 日本電子制造商索尼公司將在全球裁減大約5%員工， 并關閉10%的生產線。日本的經濟狀況比設想要糟，最新數字顯示上一季度日本經濟以每年1.8%的速度大幅衰退。
Questions:請在聽下面錄音的時候試著回答這些問題。這是一個用來幫助你提高聽力技能的練習。
1. Why is Sony cutting staff?
2. True or False? Sony predicts that its profit will be 50% less than a year ago.
3. Why do you think large companies have lost big profits?
4. What businesses are more likely to go bankrupt, big companies or small companies?
Japan Recession 日本經濟衰退
Sony said that 8000 job cuts are necessary in order to save the company around a billion dollars 十億美元 (大約 6.85 billion yuan) per year.
It’s already warned that its profits 利潤 will be less than half of those a year ago despite 盡管 heavy promotion 促銷 of its flat screen TVs 純平電視 and PlayStation 3 computer games machine.
Many other large companies have also seen their profits decimated 大幅度下降 by a slump in sales 銷售暴跌 and a rise in the value of the yen.
Small businesses are faring even worse with bankruptcy 破產/倒閉 levels on the rise.
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Answers
1. Why is Sony cutting staff?
To save a billion dollars a year.
2. True or False? Sony predicts that its profit will be 50% less than a year ago.
True.
3. Why do you think large companies have lost big profits?
Because of a slump in sales and a rise in the value of yen.
4. What businesses are more likely to go bankrupt, big companies or small companies?
Small companies.
