Business Channel 2007-09-02&09-04, 戴尔盈利创新高

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Dell is starting to show signs of a turnaround after the closing bell, the PC maker¹ posted better than expected results for its second quarter.

That's right. Alice ,bussiness editor Eunice Yoon joins us now with more on that and is this the Michael Dell fables² driving the profit here?

Well, the drive, what's driving the profit is better sales of servers, as well as storage systems, and also they are benefiting from lower component³ costs,components⁴ being memory chips, disk drives that are in your computers. Now that of course is helping⁵ to boost the earnings⁶ by 46% and the revenues were also higher at 14.8 billion dollars, and of course all of this is very positive for Dell, coz as you guys know Dell has been, has fallen on very hard times, last year they had a deal with a massive battery recall, also they had been in the midst of a year-long accounting⁷ probe which has led to a shakeup of their management the CEO, Kevin Rollins who is now the former CEO was given a boot. And Michael Dell ended up coming in to try to take the helm.

The calvary, going back here.

Yeah. Do you think this turnaround is sustainable though and any chances it might overtake HP at any point?

Oh, man. That’s, I think that's really early to say, too early to say. But Michael Dell himself said that right now, they are really at a too earlier stage to be able to say exactly what they are going to do of course they have set out achievable targets, and they really hope to reclaim⁸ that proposition. But what people are saying is that you have to give them a little bit of time, in order to reach those targets because they are trying to do their best, I mean they shed thousands of jobs. They have also had to deal with many production delays especially with their new line of color computers. But one of the things that is, is a positive sign is that this is the second quarter in a row that they have been able to report better-than-expected results.

It's intrigue⁹, I guess the great unknow here is the state of the economy, and more and more people are talking about perhaps a recession even in the second half in the US. So what is the outlook for the PC industry for the second half? What do they say?

Well, Dell is saying that they see the costs of components, like, starting to slow like at the rate at which they, you know, coz right now they are benefiting, because they are so cheap. But they are actually probably going to be declining at a slower pace so that could hurt the profits at Dell, as well as at HP and some of the other computer makers¹⁰. So one of the thing, things though that people are watching, is its relationship now with Wal-mart. Because as your guys know, Dell, has, you know, really made a name for itself because of its direct sales model, you know they, you could call them up ,you could buy a computer on the Internet,and that's really what gave them that number one position but they lost it to HP at least around the world because so many people would buy HP computers in the stores. And so they wanna see, so a lot of analysts¹¹ wanna see how this relationship works out.

Notes:
Give someone a boot: dismiss, fire someone

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 fables   

n.寓言( fable的名词复数 )；神话，传说

参考例句：

• Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Little Mexican boys also breathe the American fables. 墨西哥族的小孩子对美国神话也都耳濡目染。 来自辞典例句

3 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

4 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

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。

6 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%。

7 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

8 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

9 intrigue   

vt.激起兴趣，迷住；vi.耍阴谋；n.阴谋，密谋

参考例句：

• Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
• The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。

10 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。