From The Economist Espresso: A firm called Wanda: China and Hollywood http://econ.st/1Khot8P
词汇
patriotically：有爱国心地
cachet
snag：小问题
extravagance：n.奢侈，奢侈品，放纵的言行
trump
mogul 有权势的大人物
flamboyant 引人注目的
property firms: 地产企业
spectacular：n.adj. 壮观的 惊人的
用法
- The country’s leaders are keen to wield soft power: its richest man has rushed patriotically to the vanguard.
- A possible snag:
- be keen to do sth, be keen on doing sth/sth： 对做什么有热情、迫切、急切
- is due to 按期做某事
问题
snaffle： ？
A firm called Wanda: China and Hollywood
The country’s leaders are keen to wield soft power: its richest man has rushed patriotically to the vanguard. Wang Jianlin’s company, Dalian Wanda, is one of China’s biggest property firms. But the flamboyant billionaire also wants to be a global entertainment mogul. This week Wanda agreed to buy Legendary Entertainment, the Hollywood studio behind “The Dark Knight” and “Jurassic World”, for $3.5 billion. It’s already snaffled two big cinema chains, America’s AMC Entertainment (for $2.6 billion) and Australia’s Hoyts (for an undisclosed sum). Mr Wang is building the world’s biggest movie-making complex in Qingdao, for $8 billion-odd, as well as dozens of theme parks across China, starting with a recently opened $2.5 billion extravagance in Yunnan, in the south-east. A possible snag: Shanghai Disneyland, said to be the Magic Kingdom’s most spectacular park outside Florida, is due to open in June. Can Mr Wang’s cash trump Disney’s cachet?
