英语新闻听写 又搞垄断?美国两大移动运营商宣布合并

T-Mobile and Sprint¹ announced a plan to merge² the mobile carriers.

T-Mobile和斯普林特宣布了一个合并这两个移动运营商的计划。

The combined entity³ will maintain the T-Mobile brand with a combined subscriber⁴ base of 70 million.

合并后的实体将保持T-Mobile品牌，并且拥有7000万的用户基础。

If the merger⁵ is approved by regulators, the number of major mobile carriers in the US will shrink from 4 to 3.

如果该合并获得了监管者批准，美国主要的移动运营商数将从4个缩小至3个。

But that would also place T-Mobile in third, behind Verizon with 111 million subscribers, and AT&T with 78 million subscribers.

但该合并也将T-Mobile排在第三的位置上，位于拥有1.11亿用户数的威瑞森和拥有7800万用户的AT&T之后。

This latest merger bid is the third in four years, but they last attempted a merger 5 months ago.

这个最新的合并请求是四年之内的第三次，而他们上一次的尝试是在5个月前。

1 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

2 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。

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。

4 subscriber   

n.用户，订户；（慈善机关等的）定期捐款者；预约者；签署者

参考例句：

• The subscriber to a government loan has got higher interest than savings. 公债认购者获得高于储蓄的利息。 来自辞典例句
• Who is the subscriber of that motto? 谁是那条座右铭的签字者？ 来自辞典例句

5 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。