商业报道:耐克盈利大涨

Despite economy, Nike soars

Nike has seen its third-quarter income leap by 32% compared to a year ago

It looks like the weakening US economy is not weighing on Nike whatsoever¹. The athletic² apparel giant out with its earnings³ late last night after the closing bell and they did shock---profit up 32% from the same period a year ago. That is for its fiscal⁴ third quarter.Now the stock got such a pop-off that it did have to suspend trading for just a bit.

So what is helping⁵ Nike, is it the US? No, not really. The stock is up almost 7% right now. But again, those gains not in the US. It did see a respectable 5% increase in sales here in the US, but those gains were overseas--- in Europe, sales up 23%; in Asia, sales up 27% . Now, of course, the Olympics in Beijing are coming up. Nike is doing a lot to prepare for that. Nike doesn’t always sponsor the Olympics but it of course does work with a number of those top Olympic athletes. So some great news out for Nike, the stock is benefiting from it. Here back up again, close to that 52-week high that we saw back in November, looks like it could top that now after this news.

Notes:

Weigh on: to exert influence

耐克第三季度盈利比去年同期上涨32%。

似乎美国低迷的经济形势没有对耐克造成任何影响。该运动装巨头昨晚批露上季度收入状况，结果令人震惊——盈利比去年同期上涨32%。这是第三季度的财政状况。由于股票价格反弹，不得不停止交易。

那么，是什么帮助了耐克呢？是美国吗？不，不是的。现在股价上升了接近7%。但是，这些收益不是在美国境内的。美国范围内的销量确实增加了5%，然而收益的增加主要是在国外——欧洲销量增加23%；亚洲增长27%。现在，当然，北京奥运会马上就要开幕了。耐克全力以赴地为此做准备。耐克不经常赞助奥运会，但是当然，经常和一些奥运一流运动员合作。所以对耐克来说有一些利好消息，股票也从中受益。现在，股价上升到自11月份以来近52周的最高水平，似乎这条新闻过后，股价还会上升。

单词注解：

Weigh on：受到影响，使苦恼

1 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

2 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

3 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

4 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。