模仿文本： The American Verizon Mobile Group is paying out $130 billion to its shareholder, the British telecoms giant Vodafone. Vodafone is effectively hanging up on its US business. Up to now they own 45% of Verizon. It's one of the biggest deals ever done, a sum of money larger than most countries' economies. And it's a sign that another big British company is a little less influential on the global stage.

 

译文：美国移动通讯公司Verizon想要用1300亿美元来买断英国电信巨头Vodafone所持的股份，而Vodafone则可以彻底跟其美国业务说拜拜。Vodafone拥有Verizon45%的股份，这次交易的数额将是史上最大的几次之一，甚至超过了很多国家的经济产值。同时，这也是英国公司正在淡出世界经济舞台的另一标志。