今天的句子:
The torrid market conditions, coupled with one-off charges for ongoing legal action relating to allegations of historical phone hacking, resulted in pre-tax losses more than tripling from £67.8m in 2019 to £201.4m last year. As a result, News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary of News UK that operates the Sun and the Sun on Sunday, moved to write down the value of the titles to zero. The £84m non-cash “impairment of publishing rights” essentially means that the publisher does not believe the titles will return to positive growth.
思考题:
News Group Newspapers wrote down the value of the Sun and the Sun on Sunday because______.
A.they have lost publishing rights
B.their pre-tax losses have tripled
C.they have been impaired legally
D.their content quality has dropped
句子解析:
第一句:
The torrid market conditions, coupled with one-off charges for ongoing legal action relating to allegations of historical phone hacking, resulted in pre-tax losses more than tripling from £67.8m in 2019 to £201.4m last year.
参考译文:糟糕的市场状况,加上持续的与过去电话窃听指控相关的法律诉讼的一次性费用,导致税前损失从 2019 年的6780万英镑增加到去年的2.014亿英镑,增幅超过两倍。
第二句:
As a result, News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary of News UK that operates the Sun and the Sun on Sunday, moved to write down the value of the titles to zero.
参考译文:因此,经营《太阳报》和《星期日太阳报》的新闻集团(英国新闻集团的子公司)将报纸的价值减记为零。
第三句:
The £84m non-cash “impairment of publishing rights” essentially means that the publisher does not believe the titles will return to positive growth.
参考译文:8400万英镑的非现金“出版权减值”意味着实质上出版商不相信报纸能恢复正增长。
思考题解析:
News Group Newspapers wrote down the value of the Sun and the Sun on Sunday because______.
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读懂了吗?!
A. the87y have lost publishing rights
(它们失去了出版权)
A选项错误。
B. their pre-tax losses have tripled
(它们的税前损翻了三倍)
B选项正确。
C. they have been impaired legally
(它们在法律上受到了损害)
C选项错误。
D. their content quality has dropped
(它们的内容质量下降了)
D选项错误。
文章来源背景和来源:
Murdoch writes down value of pandemic-hit Sun to zero
默多克将受疫情影响的太阳报价值减记为零
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/11/rupert-murdoch-writes-down-value-of-sun-newspapers-to-zero
背景:英国的《太阳报》是默多克拥有的一份旗舰大众报纸,曾是全英国销量最高的报刊之一(去年被《每日邮报》打败)。但2013年该报的管理人员和记者涉及非法窃听和收买新闻,因而欠下了巨额的司法费用,再加上疫情对市场的冲击,营收也显著下滑。虽然近两年,该企业采取了不少措施降低销售和市场成本40%,将员工人数从605减少至546,但仍不能阴止损失。鉴于种种不利因素,《太阳报》的所有者新闻报纸集团将其出版权价值减记为零,表示不再对其长期前景积极展望。