Japan Reports Drop in Corporate Bankruptcies
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
Japan Reports Drop in Corporate 1 Bankruptcies 2
Japanese corporate bankruptcies have fallen and Coca-Cola's Japan unit has plans to introduce two new drinks.
Corporate bankruptcies continue to fall in Japan.
Research agency Teikoku Databank says bankruptcies fell 16 percent in January from a year earlier to about 1,200 cases.
The combined debts left by insolvent 4 companies also dropped, down 63 percent to $4.3 billion. Economists 5 say more government aid for struggling small and medium-sized firms is helping 6 cut bankruptcies.
Japan's second-largest automaker and the world's largest jet engine maker 7 are teaming up to produce a new engine for light business jets. Honda Motor and General Electric of the United States will jointly 8 manufacture and market an engine, called the HF 118 turbofan, already developed by Honda. They hope to emerge as a big player in light jets, a growth area of aviation.
Honda's President Takeo Fukui told reporters that Honda has long wanted to enter the aviation industry.
He says Honda has been working on this project for nearly 20 years and the deal fulfills 9 the ambitions of the company's founder 10.
Mr. Fukui also said it would take at least five years for the venture to make a profit. Other Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi and Toyota, are now considering moves into aviation, inspired by Honda's example.
Coca-Cola's Japanese unit will introduce a drink next month that tastes like beer but contains almost no alcohol. The carbonated beverage 11 will be called Sky Malt and will be sold only to those 20 years and older. Coca-Cola plans to sell another beverage in Japan starting in May - it will taste like a cocktail 12, but contains just a dash of alcohol and will be called Sokkahappo - which means "a quick burst of bubbles" in Japanese.
注释：
corporate bankruptcy 企业破产
insolvent [In5sRlvEnt] adj. 破产的
small and medium-sized firms 中小型企业
automaker [5C:tEu7meikE] n. （美）汽车制造商
jet engine maker 喷气发动机制造商
team up 合作，协作
light business jet 轻型商务机
Honda Motor 本田汽车
General Electric 通用电器
jointly [5dVCintli] adv. 共同地，联合地
market [5mB:kit] vt. 使上市
turbofan [5tE:bEu7fAn] n. 扇涡轮
aviation [7eivi5eiFEn] n. 航空，飞行
Takeo Fukui 本田的首席执行官福井威夫
venture [5ventFE(r)] n. 企业
Mitsubishi [mi5tsubiFi] n. 三菱
Toyota 丰田汽车
carbonated beverage 碳酸饮料
dash [dAF] n. 少量（搀加物）
bubble [5bQbl] n. 泡沫
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- It's a matter of record that there were ten bankruptcies in the town last year. 去年这个城市有十家破产是事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Business bankruptcies rose 50 percent over the previous year. 破产企业的数量比前一年增加５０％。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- They lost orders and were insolvent within weeks.他们失去了订货，几周后就无法偿还债务。
- The bank was declared insolvent.银行被宣布破产。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
- She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
- He always fulfills his promises. 他总是履行自己的诺言。 来自辞典例句
- His own work amply fulfills this robust claim. 他自己的作品在很大程度上实现了这一正确主张。 来自辞典例句
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
- Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。