英语新闻听写 沃尔玛季度销量走高 利润走低

Wal-Mart Stores Inc has once again had a quarterly increase in comparable sales for the 12th time in a row.

沃尔玛百货公司可比销售额取得连续第12次季度增长。

Unfortunately its margins¹ have fallen as the store has continued to lower prices and invest in its e-commerce.

遗憾的是，由于公司继续降低其商品销售价格并投资其电子商务领域，导致百货公司利润下滑。

Although online sales have increased 60 percent this quarter, it fell from the 63 percent growth in the previous quarter.

虽然该公司本季度在线销售增长60%，但与上一季度63%的增长相比有所下跌。

Wal-Mart shares were down 2.4 percent at $79.07 in premarket trading but according to Thomson Reuters, not counting the special items, earnings² per share of $1.08 exceeded the analysts³' average estimate of $1.07.

沃尔玛股票开盘交易下跌2.4%，每股价格79.07美元，但根据汤森路透，不包括特殊项目在内，每股收益可达1.08美元，超过分析师平均预测的1.07美元。

1 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

2 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%。

3 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。