梅西转到“大巴黎”?CVC 买西甲?让我们来看看西甲到底是怎么回事。以下纯干货,预计阅读时间为8分钟。
Trophy assets: La Liga kicks off in Spain
奖杯资产:西甲在西班牙拉开帷幕
Part Ⅰ
第一段
This Friday La Liga will kick off without its most famous face: Lionel Messi.
本周五西甲开赛,当时人气王梅西将不在场。
⊙ 句子主干
This Friday La Liga will kick off.
西甲本周五开始。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ trophy assets
n. 奖杯资产。这个翻译不容易理解。简单来说就是可以炫耀的资产。比如有些人会 beautiful girl friend 当作 trophy assets。
(截图取自微博:管新Sam)
例句:
"Rather than buying trophy assets with limited upside potential, this is completely different since it's a cash-flow play," Feder said in an interview with FORBES.
费德在接受福布斯采访时说:“这与购买升值潜力有限的象征性资产完全不同,因为它玩现金流。”。
★ kick off
v. 开赛。常用表达:kick-off meeting,指“项目启动会”。
It will be Spanish domestic football’s top division’s first season without him since 2004.
这将是西班牙国内顶级联赛 2004 梅西这个赛季已经第一次没有了。
⊙ 句子主干
It will be the first season without him.
这是第一个没有梅西的赛季。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ top division
n. 顶级。division 这个词指的是运动的水平。
The former captain of Barcelona, the world’s best footballer, was forced out of the team by bad financial management at the club and moved to Paris St Germain.
梅西作为巴塞罗那的前队长和世界上最好的球员,被迫退出巴塞罗那,签下巴黎圣日耳曼。
⊙ 句子主干
The former captain of Barcelona was forced out of the team.
梅西退出巴塞罗那。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ force out
v. 退出(当前职位),一般指离职、调职
例句:
In spite of his success in repositioning the brand, the CEO was forced out after five years.
尽管 CEO 在品牌转型方面取得了成功 几年后,他被迫离职。
★ bad financial management
n. 财务管理不善。这里 bad 用的很好。
Part Ⅱ
第二段
Other clubs are scrambling for cash too, thanks to months of empty stadiums and a weak transfer market.
由于几个月的空场和转会市场疲软,其他俱乐部也在争夺现金。
⊙ 句子主干
Other clubs are scrambling for cash too.
其他俱乐部也在争夺现金。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ scramble for
v. 争夺
例句:
There was an undignified scramble for the best seats.
每个人争夺最好的位置,真是失体统。
★ empty stadium
n. 空场。空场比赛是主办方赔钱的生意。
(截图取自维基百科)
★ transfer market
n. 转会市场。简单理解就是球员的兼职市场。
(截图取自百度百科)
It is little surprise that La Liga is entertaining a €2.7bn ($3.2bn) offer by a private-equity firm, CVC, for a 10% stake of a new business that would manage rights income for the league.
西甲正在考虑接受私募股权公司 CVC 以 27 亿欧元(合 32 以1亿美元的价格购买一项新业务 10% 该业务将管理联赛的转播权收入也就不足为奇了。
⊙ 句子主干
It is little surprise that ...
这并不奇怪....这并不奇怪....
⊙ 重点词汇
★ entertain an offer
v. 考虑接受报价(报价是指报价)
★ private-equity firm
n.私募股权公司
The offer has been greeted warmly by many cash-strapped clubs, but not Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two richest.
除了皇家马德里和巴塞罗那这两家最富有的俱乐部外,许多资金不足的俱乐部都热烈欢迎这一提议。
⊙ 句子主干
The offer has been greeted warmly by ..., but not ...
除了……热烈欢迎这个提议。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ be greeted warmly by
v. 受到热烈欢迎。这个 warmly 用词很好。
★ cash-strapped
adj. 财务困难。合成词,cash strapped。
They believe it undervalues their future earning potential.
这两个土豪认为 CVC 低估了他们未来的收入潜力。
⊙ 句子主干
They believe it ...
皇马和巴塞罗那认为...
⊙ 重点词汇
★ undervalue
v. 被低估了。合成词,under value。
underestimate 也被低估了,但和 undervalue 意思差别很大。这种“低估”不是另一种“低估”。
一般来说,卖家会觉得自己的商品被拿走了 undervalue(客户给出的报价比实际价值低,内心价值低 OS 我觉得我输了),买家通常会 underestimate 商品(商品价格虚高,内心 OS 感觉自己输了)。
(截图取自wikidiff)
CVC has failed to strike similar deals in Germany and Italy.
CVC 未能在德国和意大利达成类似的交易。
⊙ 句子主干
CVC has failed to strike similar deals.
CVC 未能达成类似的交易。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ strike deals
v. 达成交易。相当于 make deals。
But it may well prevail in Spain thanks to La Liga’s sudden vulnerability.
但是因为西甲的突然脆弱,CVC 这种做法很可能在西班牙盛行。
⊙ 句子主干
It may well prevail in Spain.
CVC 这种做法很可能在西班牙盛行。
⊙ 重点词汇
★ prevail
v. 流行。形容词是 prevailing,流行的,普遍的,相当于 popular。
今天的新闻就在这里。第一次稿子不小心删了。我读了两遍
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