A:I heard a rumor this morning.。.It seems Trusten Tools is going out of business.Another competitor is going bankrupt.That could be good news for us.

B:I think you must have heard wrong.The truth is we are going to be taken over by Trusten.We are being bought out，and our company will be merging with our largest competitor.It‘s not good news at all.。。

A:What？We are merging with Trusten？I never thought that would happen.Will we be getting new owners？Will it affect our jobs？

B:Probably.The new owners will be coming to start alignment meetings nextweek.One of the big question is what to call the new conglomerate company.

A:Wow，with such a big change.We won’t have the same name？

B:It‘s not only the name of our company that will change.。.I expect that after this acquisition，there’ll be a ton of things up in the air.

早上我聽到一個(gè)傳聞。。.好像說信托設(shè)備公司要倒閉了。有一個(gè)競(jìng)爭對(duì)手要破產(chǎn)了。這對(duì)我們來說可真是好消息。

我想你一定聽錯(cuò)了。事實(shí)是我們要被信托公司接管了。我們的所有權(quán)被買下了，我們公司就要和我們最大的競(jìng)爭對(duì)手合并了。這根本不是什么好消息。。.

什么？我們要和信托公司合并？我從來沒想到會(huì)發(fā)生這樣的事。我們要有新老板了？這對(duì)我們的工作會(huì)有影響嗎？

可能會(huì)有影響。新老板下周來進(jìn)行合作會(huì)談。一個(gè)最大的問題就是新的聯(lián)合公司叫什么名字。

哇，有這么大的變化。我們連自己公司的名字都保不住了？

不但是我們公司的名字要改。。.我預(yù)計(jì)收購之后還會(huì)有一大堆的問題懸而未決。

詳解：

out of business:having stopped operating as a business because there is no more money or work available 停業(yè);歇業(yè)

The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business. 新法規(guī)將使很多小企業(yè)關(guān)閉。

Some travel companies will probably go out of business this summer. 今年夏天一些旅游公司很可能歇業(yè)。

take something over:to gain control of a business， a company， etc.， especially by buying shares 接收，接管（企業(yè)、公司等，尤指通過購買股份）

CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥倫比亞廣播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收購。

up in the air:not yet decided 懸而未決

Our travel plans are still up in the air. 我們的旅行計(jì)劃尚未決定。

merge:to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing （使）合并，結(jié)合，并入

His department will be merged with mine. 他的部門將和我的部門合并。

The company was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并組成的.alignment:political support given to one country or group by another （國家、團(tuán)體間的）結(jié)盟

Japan‘s alignment with the West 日本與西方國家的結(jié)盟