夏说英语新闻晨读 第20期:化学企业也要搞合体

 本期内容：

On Friday Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed to merge¹, continuing this year's run of big deals. The transaction is structured to give shareholders² in the two American chemicals giants (worth around $60 billion each) equal shares in the combined company. The new entity³ will then be split into three bits, focusing on agriculture, material science and speciality products. 

词义解析:

merge 合并

run of 连续上映

transaction 交易

shareholder 股东

split 拆分

1 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

2 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

3 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。