夏说英语新闻晨读 第211期:东芝核能公司巨亏

 本期内容：

Toshiba announced a $6.3bn write-down and a $3.4bn loss in 2016. The news prompted Shigenori Shiga, the firm’s chairman, to resign. The troubled Japanese conglomerate¹ has suffered from cost overruns at Westinghouse, its American nuclear-power subsidiary, and a glum² outlook for its other nuclear businesses abroad; it may shutter³ its nuclear projects in Britain and India.

Write down: 减记
Prompt：导致
Resign：辞职
Conglomerate：大型集团公司
Overrun：超额
Subsidiary：所属子公司
Glum：忧郁的
Shutter： 停止营业

1 conglomerate   

n.综合商社，多元化集团公司

参考例句：

• The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
• An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

2 glum   

adj.闷闷不乐的，阴郁的

参考例句：

• He was a charming mixture of glum and glee.他是一个很有魅力的人，时而忧伤时而欢笑。
• She laughed at his glum face.她嘲笑他闷闷不乐的脸。

3 shutter   

n.百叶窗；(照相机)快门；关闭装置

参考例句：

• The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.这架照像机的快门速度达六十分之一秒。
• The shutter rattled in the wind.百叶窗在风中发出嘎嘎声。