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听力原文：
Merrill Lynch is now the investment banking and wealth management arm of Bank of America (B of A). It was a publicly owned company before it was bought by B of A in 2009. What had been Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc sufferedbadly in the 2008 global financial crisis and had to be rescued. The company was founded on Wall Street, New York in 1914 by Charles E. Merrill and Edmund C. Lynch. They made many clever investments to build their reputation as investment bankers. It later expanded into financial services, insurance and investment management.Its 20,000 brokers were so powerful in global finance they became known as the “thunderingherd” – a reference to the bull in its logo. The company has 60,000 employees. The ML.com website outlines the firm’s success: “Working with our clients as strategic partners, we create and execute winningsolutions.”
如今，美林证券已经成为了美国银行的投资和财富管理机构。2009年被美国银行收购之前，它曾是一家上市公司。2008年，美林证券遭受了全球金融危机的洗礼，正在等待援助。1914年，美瑞尔和林区共同在纽约华尔街创立了美林证券。他们眼光独到的投资让他们投资银行家的身份名声大噪。之后，公司又向金融服务产业、保险以及投资管理方面扩展。该公司旗下有2万名经纪人，他们在全球金融界的影响很大，人们也借鉴了其标志上的公牛将他们称之为“惊艳的牛群”。公司拥有6万名员工。美林公司网站描述了美林的成功：“我们将客户看成是策略合作伙伴与他们通力协作，我们创建和执行您的成功方案。
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文章解析
1.expanded into 扩展为
例句：Depending on the complexity of the production process, Production Orders can be expanded into a complete and flexible ERP package.
根据生产进程的复杂程度，生产批次这一模块可以扩展成一个完整的有弹性的ERP包。
2.build reputation 建立声誉
例句：So you have to build reputation of it from now on.
因此你需要建立一个很好声誉给自己。
3.financial crisis 金融危机
例句：These countries have been seriously disadvantaged by the financial crisis.
这些国家由于金融危机而受到严重损失。
4.investment banking 投资银行
例句：Investment banking, commercial banking and asset management each contribute about a third of revenuein the country.
投资银行、商业银行和资产管理的贡献各占到收入的三分之一左右。
