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Amazon Not Commenting on Second Headquarters
People in several American cities are wondering: where will the company Amazon build its new second headquarters?
A recent news report in The Wall Street Journal said Amazon will divide its new headquarters between two cities. The report said the company is considering Queens in New York City; Arlington, Virginia; and Dallas, Texas. The New York Times reports that Dallas is not being considered and the two cities are Queens and Arlington.
Amazon will keep its current headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
Spokesman Adam Sedo said Amazon refused to comment on the reports.
Amazon's decision to build another headquarters caused major American cities to compete with each other. Many cities hoped for the 50,000 new jobs the company promised. Amazon said most of the new jobs will pay a lot of money.
Amazon told the cities that it wanted financial incentives: such as lower taxes and other deals. It also wanted a city with more than 1 million people, a close airport, good public transportation and a lot of land.
The company received 238 proposals and chose 20 of them in January.
The unusual decision to divide the 50,000 jobs between two cities will permit the company to find the right people for the jobs. It also could reduce pressure for housing and transportation, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The New York Times reported that company officials met last month with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The newspaper said the state offered possibly hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives. Amazon also met with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the newspaper reported.
The New York Times reported that the governor said, "I'll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that's what it takes."
Amazon has said it could spend more than $5 billion on the new headquarters over the next 17 years. This is about the same as it has spent in Seattle, which has 33 buildings, 23 restaurants and 40,000 employees.
Amazon's Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos has said the new headquarters will be "a full equal" to the one in Seattle.
Amazon employs about 600,000 people. That number is expected to increase as it builds more storage buildings across the country to satisfy online orders for products.
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重点解析

1.compete with 与...竞争

We ask for a level playing field when we compete with foreign companies.
我们寻求一个能与外国公司公平竞争的环境hVc0jG8fL4o-Xq。

2.online orders 线上订单

This Candy Store has a business policy that online orders must exceed $10.
该糖果店具有一项业务政策，在线订单必须超过 10 美元=6gvj9!vXtn+N_X4az。

3.reduce pressure 减压

To reduce pressure on prices, we need to increase the supply of oil - especially here at home.
为了缓解价格压力， 我们必须增加石油的供应， 尤其是国内的供应kTWr(nvci9C;。

4.public transportation 公共交通

Campuses are usually accessible by public transportation.
通常乘坐公共交通即可到达各个校区Hdz!lgc.KA。

5.Spokesman Adam Sedo said Amazon refused to comment on the reports.

refused to comment on 拒绝对...置评

The CIA refused to comment on the subject.
美国中央情报局拒绝对这一问题置评dtQgD6vXY86MvAYNJgKN。
The minister refused to comment on the rumors of his resignation.
部长拒绝就他辞职一事的传闻发表评论Y3G1iT.@a_|DIc|NIU。

6.The newspaper said the state offered possibly hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives.

hundreds of millions of 数亿的

The floods made hundreds of millions of people lose their homes, relatives and friends.
洪水使成千上万的人失去了家园，亲戚和朋友P~-2hSO~)ftO+。
For years, hundreds of millions of Chinese have purchased new smartphones.
多年来，数亿中国人购买了新的智能手机a+O%+x-^txtGu;。

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该公司发言人亚当·塞多（Adam Sedo）表示，亚马逊拒绝对此发表评论%zW*)k|OC]Lw。

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该公司收到了238份提案，并于1月份选出了20份提案Kd]^e2zd+p。
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《纽约时报》报道称，亚马逊工作人员上个月与纽约州州长安德鲁·库莫（Andrew Cuomo）会面8G0luZKd#cnMk。该报指出，纽约州政府可能会提供数亿美元的激励-EM0+WXGZQ##)n@。亚马逊还与纽约市市长白思豪(Bill de Blasio)会面Q[UZb6EVio(。
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亚马逊称，在未来17年内，可能会在新总部投资50多亿美元aQs~G4GS92u。这样的投资规模不亚于位于西雅图的总部了qi*gr*3-B;B~P。西雅图总部拥有33栋建筑，23家餐厅和4万名员工^-rT0BpBh&EYEMZ。
亚马逊首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）表示，新总部将与西雅图总部“不分伯仲”+68!mzPpt7m^&_qS*Rr。
亚马逊雇佣了约60万名员工9QypD_4;F#&z(-gat^zX。随着亚马逊在美国各地建立更多仓库以满足产品的线上订单需求，这一数字有望继续攀升WIZP(xCFYzOv*+(~;^l。
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