Yum Brands, the American owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, said it would separate its Chinese business into a separate company by the end of 2016. Yum, China's biggest fast-food operator, was hurt by a hygiene scandal at a supplier last year; local competition and China's economic slowdown have hampered its recovery. This month it reported disappointing growth.
Source:
The Economist Espresso
夏說晨讀
夏說英文－晨讀 20151029
Keywords: separate，scandal，China's economic slowdown
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Yum! Brands
∵ 在華業務受到影響 ∴ 實行拆分策略
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分
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抽象 ▬∈ 具體
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Yum Brands, the American owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, said it would separate its Chinese business into a separate company by the end of 2016.
Yum Brands { KFC
Pizza Hut
Taco Bell }
母公司，子公司。
Yum Brands, the American owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,
(就) 是 (就)是
said it would separate its Chinese business into
a separate company by the end of 2016
他表明 (said)，
他們 要將 分離，中國這樣的業務
separate its Chinese business
into a separate company
separate ✰ 動詞
✰✰ separate ✰ 形容詞
連用
兩個 separate，
強調。
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by the end of 2016
by 在一個時間範圍之內
by + 一個時間範圍
▶ by the end of XXX
在 XXX 的結束的末尾
⇨ 這個時間內一直持續做一件拆分在華業務的這樣的工作。
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講背後一些原因
Yum, China's biggest fast-food operator, was hurt by a hygiene scandal at a supplier last year; local competition and China's economic slowdown have hampered its recovery.
Yum, China's biggest fast-food operator
百勝公司，中國最大的一家快餐運營商
was hurt 受到了，巨大的這樣的一個傷害
# 這種傷害，可以是，心理上的，
也可以是，身體上的 #
at a supplier 發生的地方
百勝公司，在中國的供應商
分號
▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ; ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇
分號，在這裏，表示並列。
來自 中國本土 (企業)的競爭，以及
中國(整體)經濟的下行 (放緩)。
阻礙，hinder
hampered its recovery
使他不能馬上立刻的恢復
其中的兩個原因
來自中國本土的競爭，以及
中國經濟的下行 (放緩)。
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This month it reported disappointing growth.
在這個月份，
他 (指代，Yum)來發佈了，
他的這個增長，結果是非常令人失望的。
reported disappointing
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V + ing 這個東西，他自身的一個特徵。
interesting
他自己就帶有了有這個趣性。
所以我們就說他是一個有趣的人。
He is an interesting person.
他是一個有意思的人。
V + ed 由於外物帶來的，(我們)對一個外物的感覺。
這是我看到的，
Yum Brands, the American owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, said it would separate its Chinese business into a separate company by the end of 2016. Yum, China's biggest fast-food ▇▇, was hurt by a ▇▇ scandal at a supplier last year; local competition and China's economic slowdown have ▇▇ its recovery. This month it reported disappointing growth.
fast-food 快餐
operator 運營商，供應商
was hurt by
hygiene scandal 衛生醜聞
fast-food 快餐
operator 運營商，供應商
was hurt by
hygiene scandal 衛生醜聞
fast-food 快餐
operator 運營商，供應商
was hurt by
hygiene scandal 衛生醜聞
