(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本：
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
问题3和问题4是关于新闻听力的。
Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British High Street.
伍尔沃斯曾是英国高街上最著名的品牌之一，
It's been in business nearly a century.
是一家百年老字号，
Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company's decision to call in administrators
然而其全部800余家门店不得不在公司做出请来管理者的决定之后关闭
after an attempt to sell the business for a token 1 failed.
这是在以象征性的1英镑的价格出售业务失败之后发生的。
The company has huge debts.
该公司负债累累。
The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain's slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending.
公司破产的直接原因是英国的经济衰退，人均消费水平下降。
However, the business had been in trouble for years.
然而，多年来这家企业一直风波不断。
Known for low-priced general goods,
一直以普通商品价格低廉著称的伍尔沃斯，
Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of Internet retailers.
现在已经陷入到了与规模更大的超市及新一代网络零售商进行竞争的困境当中
Many of the store group's 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs.
伍尔沃斯旗下的25000名员工将会面临失业的危机。
Some profitable areas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.
一些尚在盈利的如DVD出版业务得以存活。
Question 3.What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?
问题3.可以从文中了解到关于伍尔沃斯的什么信息？
Question 4.What did Woolworths attempt to do recently?
问题4.伍尔沃斯最近采取了什么举措？
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