J8翻译

Journalistic English (8)
Dirctions: Listen to the following news leads and translate them into Chinese.
1. In India, five million news subscribers are signing up for mobile phone connections every month as the wireless telecommunication market booms.
随着无线电信市场的蓬勃发展，在印度每月有五百万新闻订阅用户登记开通手机通讯业务。

2. General Motors has started the white-collar layoffs it’s promised as it struggles to become more competitive.
美国通用汽车公司已开始早先承诺的裁减白领计划，该计划的目的是使公司更具竞争力。

3. The Commerce Department says consumer spending weakened in February after an upsurge in
January.
商务部称，消费指数在一月份急剧上涨后，二月略有回落。

4. A Dubai company says it’s ready to give up its attempt to take over some management operations at six seaports.
一家迪拜公司称准备放弃尝试接管六个海港的经营工作。

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree opening up the country’s biggest company, the energy giant Gazprom, to foreign investors.
俄罗斯总统普京已签署一项法令，同意向外国投资者开放该国最大的公司——能源巨
头俄罗斯天然气工业股份。

6. A strong set of jobs numbers from the Labor Department has raised inflation concerns and caused an upsurge in interest rates.
劳工部公布的一系列就业数据不仅引起对通胀的担忧，而且造成了利率的急剧上升。

7. The United States has proposed cutting by 60% those subsidies to its farmers that distort world trade.
美国提议削减给农民的60%的补助金，该措施扰乱了世界贸易。

8. The worls’s biggest retailer, the American company Wal-Mart, has reported its first drop in profits for more than 10 years. They’ve fallen by 26% in the past three monthsmainly because of costs linked to the sale of its businesses in Germany.
世界最大的零售商，美国沃尔玛公司已宣布了十几年来利润的首次下滑，在过去的3个
月里利润下跌了26%，这主要是因为其在德国分公司的成本上升造成的。

9. General Motors is selling most of its stake in Japanese automaker Suzuki.
美国通用汽车公司正在出售其拥有的日本铃木汽车公司的大部分股份。

美国通用汽车公司正在出售其在日本铃木汽车公司拥有的大量股份。

10. A T&T says it will buy BellSouth for 67 billion dollars in stock, a move the company says will offer
substantial financial benefits for stockholders of both companies.
美国电话电报公司表示将以670亿美金收购南方贝尔公司的股票，该公司称这一举措
将同时为这两家公司的股东提供丰厚的经济回报。