2016年度世界品牌500强揭晓 36家中国企业上榜-英语课

时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

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　　Apple tops the list of World's 500 Most Influential 1 Brands for 2016, compiled by New York-based World Brand Lab and released last Monday.

　　总部位于纽约的世界品牌实验室编纂并于上周一发布了《2016世界品牌500强》榜单，苹果公司夺得了第一名的宝座。
　　Google and Amazon rank second and third respectively.
　　谷歌和亚马逊分居第二、三名。
　　Thirty-six Chinese brands have made it onto the list this year. Among them, eight are in the top 100, including the State Grid 2 Corporation of China (36), the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (40), Tencent (43), China Central Television (CCTV) (62), Haier (76), China Mobile (79), Huawei (81) and Lenovo (90).
　　今年上榜的中国品牌有36个，其中8个进入前100名，包括国家电网(36)、中国工商银行(40)、腾讯(43)、央视(62)、海尔(76)、中国移动(79)、华为(81)和联想(90)。
　　2016年度世界品牌500强揭晓 36家中国企业上榜
　　The 500 brands come from 28 different countries, among which nearly half, 227, are from the US.
　　500个品牌来自28个不同国家，其中近半(227个)来自美国。
　　They come mostly from 50 different industries including food and beverage 3, automobiles 5 and auto 4 components 6, media, retail 7, energy and the Internet.
　　它们大多来自50个不同的行业，包括食品和饮料、汽车和汽车零部件、媒体、零售、能源和互联网。
　　American brands such as Chipotle, Texas Instruments and General Dynamics 8 are on the list for the first time.
　　美国品牌如Chipotle、德克萨斯仪器公司和通用动力第一次出现在了该榜单上。
　　New Chinese firms on the list include Vanke, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Taiping Insurance.
　　而新上榜的中国公司则包括万科、中铁公司和中国太平保险。

1 influential

adj.有影响的，有权势的

He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 grid

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 beverage

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

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。

4 auto

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

5 automobiles

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。来自《简明英汉词典》
Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 components

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分；成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量；（混合物的）组成部分