英语新闻听写 亚马逊收购全食

Whole Foods Market had sought $45 per share from Amazon but settled for $42 per share, which the ecommerce giant said was its "best and final offer".

全食（Whole Foods Market）望以45美元每股价格卖给亚马逊却最终无奈接受每股42美元的报价，电商巨头亚马逊称这是“最好的最终定价”。

Amazon had initially¹ offered $41 in May, Whole Foods said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

周五全食在一份官方文件中称，起初亚马逊5月的报价为41美元美股。

Amazon also told Whole Foods that it was considering other opportunities in case the offer was turned down.

亚马逊同样也告知全食，为防止报价遭拒，他们正在考虑其他机遇。

The company also asked Whole Foods not to approach other potential bidders² while they were engaged in talks.

该公司也要求全食不要在商谈过程中接触其他潜在投标人。

Amazon said in June it would buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, in a deal that could turn the high-end grocer into a mass-market merchant and upend the already struggling U.S. retail³ industry.

亚马逊在六月份表示将以137亿美元的价格收购全食。该笔交易将使高端食品商转变为大众市场商，颠覆已在苦苦挣扎之中的美国零售业。

1 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

2 bidders   

n.出价者，投标人( bidder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Bidders should proceed only if they intend on using a PayPal account to complete payment. Bidders的唯一形式，应继续只当他们在使用贝宝帐户，以完成付款打算。 来自互联网
• The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest. 其他竞标人抱怨说该合同的竞标不公平。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。