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Man: Hello, Bill Isaacs ...
男：你好，比尔·艾萨克斯……
Woman: Hello. This is Fiona Holiday from the Financial News. I'm writing an article about the success of the Rezzo supermarket chain.
女：你好。我是财经新闻的菲奥娜·霍利迪。我正在写一篇关于雷佐连锁超市成功的文章。
Man: Great - well, business has improved here since the arrival of our new Chief Executive, Jane Rothwell...
男：很好，自从新任首席执行官简·罗斯韦尔上任以来，我们的生意已经有所改善……
Woman: Sorry, that's Jane ...
女：对不起，是简……
Man: Rothwell ...that's R-O-T-H-W-E-double L.
男：罗思韦尔……写作R-O-T-H-W-E-L-L。
Woman: Thanks. Now, let's talk about your current position -1 believe Rezzo's have just announced their pre-tax profits...
女：谢谢。现在，让我们谈谈你目前的职位，雷佐刚刚公布了他们的税前利润……
Man: Yes, and the latest figures are one hundred and sixty-six million pounds for the six months to the end of September ...that's up eight million from the previous six months.
男：是的，最新的数据是截止到九月底的六个月共1.66亿英镑……这比前六个月增加了800万。
Woman: What will that mean for shareholders?
女：这对股东意味着什么？
Man: Very good news - shares have actually more than doubled since March, from one hundred and fifty pence to three hundred and twenty-seven...
男：非常好的消息——自3月份以来，股票实际上已经翻了一倍多，从150便士涨到了327便士……
Woman: I see. So what are your sales figures like?
女：我明白了。你们的销售额是多少?
Man: Well, sales per square metre are up eleven per cent ...That's two per cent better than forecast.
男：嗯，每平方米的销售额增长了11%……这比预期高出2%。
Woman: Mm-hm ...and how was that achieved?
女：嗯嗯……这是如何实现的呢？
Man: Well, we've increased the number of special discounts we offer on product lines from twenty-eight to fifty-two.
男：嗯，我们已经把产品线的特别折扣从28个增加到52个。
Woman: So, do Rezzo's have plans to expand?
女：那么，雷佐有扩张计划吗？
Man: Absolutely. We're going to open two sixteen-thousand-square-metre hypermarket stores in January, and a further five or six are planned over the year.
男：当然。我们打算在一月份开两家一万六千平方米的大卖场，今年还计划再开五、六家。
Woman: I see.
女：我知道了。
Man: And thirty-three per cent of the selling space in the new hypermarkets will be used for non-food items... that's up from twenty-five per cent in the existing supermarkets.
男：新的大型超市33%的销售空间将用于非食品类商品……这一比例高于现有超市的25%。
Woman: Interesting. Thanks, Mr Isaacs, that's all I need.
女：有意思。谢谢，艾萨克斯先生，这就是我所需要的。
Man: Thank you.
男：谢谢。
