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Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
問題3和問題4是關于新聞聽力的。
Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British High Street.
伍爾沃斯曾是英國高街上最著名的品牌之一，
It's been in business nearly a century.
是一家百年老字號，
Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company's decision to call in administrators
然而其全部800余家門店不得不在公司做出請來管理者的決定之后關閉
after an attempt to sell the business for a token 1 failed.
這是在以象征性的1英鎊的價格出售業務失敗之后發生的。
The company has huge debts.
該公司負債累累。
The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain's slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending.
公司破產的直接原因是英國的經濟衰退，人均消費水平下降。
However, the business had been in trouble for years.
然而，多年來這家企業一直風波不斷。
Known for low-priced general goods,
一直以普通商品價格低廉著稱的伍爾沃斯，
Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of Internet retailers.
現在已經陷入到了與規模更大的超市及新一代網絡零售商進行競爭的困境當中
Many of the store group's 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs.
伍爾沃斯旗下的25000名員工將會面臨失業的危機。
Some profitable areas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.
一些尚在盈利的如DVD出版業務得以存活。
Question 3.What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?
問題3.可以從文中了解到關于伍爾沃斯的什么信息？
Question 4.What did Woolworths attempt to do recently?
問題4.伍爾沃斯最近采取了什么舉措？
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