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For a folksy southerner from rural Georgia who spent his childhood eating food grown on the family farm and buying clothes on rare trips to a five-and-dime store, Mike Duke has accumulated an eclectic array of retailing achievements. 沃尔玛CEO迈克•杜克(Mike Duke)是个随和的南方人，来自佐治亚州的农村，在他的童年里，吃的是自家农场种出的食物，很久才去廉价商店买一次衣服。而今天他已经在零售业取得了许多成就。 Since the start of last year alone, Walmart’s chief executive has won Michelle Obama’s endorsement for the company’s healthy eating initiatives; overcome union opposition to win a foothold in Africa; outlasted Bo Xilai, who tormented Walmart in China; and seen off a huge lawsuit over sex discrimination against its US staff. 单从去年年初算起，杜克就已经取得了一系列成绩。他赢得了美国第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马(Michelle Obama)对沃尔玛提倡的健康饮食计划的支持；他克服了工会的反对，坚持在非洲建起立足点；挺到了薄熙来（给沃尔玛中国公司找过麻烦）政治生命的终结；还了结了一宗有关沃尔玛对美国员工存在性别歧视的大额诉讼。 But in the past week all that has been forgotten. Mr Duke, a craggy 62-year old with a gap-toothed smile, faces devastating allegations that senior Walmart executives hushed up a campaign of bribery to secure construction permits in Mexico. The allegations are the biggest test of a 40-year career for the plain but affable boy from the warehouses, who rose through the nuts-and-bolts ranks of Walmart’s logistics division. | 
