英语新闻听写 迪士尼曾考虑收购推特

According to CEO Bob Iger, Disney looked at acquiring Twitter last year but decided¹ to buy video streaming firm BAMTech instead.

CEO 罗伯特艾格称，去年迪士尼曾考虑收购推特，但最终还是决定收购视频流媒体公司BAMTech。

Iger stated, "We thought Twitter had global reach.”

艾格表示，“我们认为推特遍及全球。”

Tuesday's comment from Iger marked Disney's first public confirmation² that it looked at an acquisition.

艾格在周二的评论标志着迪士尼第一次公开证实了其考虑过收购推特。

It's been well known that Twitter held acquisition talks with multiple would-be suitors, including Salesforce and Disney, last October. all ended up losing interest in a deal.

众所周知，去年十月推特与多家潜在收购方进行过收购会谈，其中就包括Salesforce以及迪士尼，但最终都以失去对该交易的兴趣而告终。

Twitter CEO Jack³ Dorsey recently hinted that the company turned down an acquisition offer one year ago from an unnamed company.

推特CEO杰克·多西近期暗示推特也曾于一年前拒绝了某家公司的收购提议。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。