本篇阅读材料为何廉价零售如此蓬勃选自《经济学人》(原文标题:Why a low-price retailer is thriving),如果大家觉得比较简单,就当作泛读材料了解了解,认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度,不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练,希望大家都有进步^^ Business 商业报道 Mercadona 梅尔卡多纳 Spanish aisles 西班牙走廊 Why a low-price retailer is thriving 为何廉价零售如此蓬勃 FEW domestic firms are prospering in crisis-racked Spain, but Mercadona is. 在经历经济危机的创伤之后,西班牙很少有几家国内企业能够恢复兴旺发展,然而梅尔卡多纳除外。 Spains largest supermarket by sales has enjoyed double-digit growth for most of the pastdecade. 过去十年中,西班牙最大的销售型超市在大部分时间呈两位数增长。 When Juan Roig, the chairman, took over in 1981, Mercadona had only eight shops, all in Valencia. 1981年,胡安.罗伊上任主席,任职之初,梅尔卡多纳仅有8间店铺,并且全部都在巴伦西亚。 Today it has 1,310 and annual sales of 16.5 billion $23.8 billion. |