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.

你聽說了嗎?我們的兩個大供應商墨菲音樂制作公司和優及唱片公司要合并了!如果他們合并成一個公司,那會嚴重影響我們的銷售策略.

B Are you sure?Who told you that?I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company...They're supposed to be bitter enemies,the strictest of competitors.It must be a rumor.It can't be ture.

你肯定嗎?誰告訴你的?我非常懷疑他們會采取合并成一個公司的策略...他們應該是死敵,最大的競爭對手.這一定是傳聞,不可能是真的.

A I read it myself on the financial page.They're really going to join together.U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's,they will take over the company as of next month.

這是我在財經版上親眼看到的.他們真的要聯手了.墨菲制作公司買下了優及唱片公司的所有權,他們從下個月起就接管這個公司了.

B The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes.Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?

優及唱片公司一定是承受不了這激烈的競爭,否則他們為什么會讓自己不共戴天的仇敵接管呢?

A I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition.If you can't beat'em,join'em.

我想他們一定認為合并比在殘酷的競爭中生存要容易得多.如果不能打敗他們,就與他們聯盟.