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点击复制玩具价格战 - 英语听力
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
For shoppers this couldn't have come
对购物者来说，这消息来得正是时候
At a more welcome time
再合适不过了
70 percent of toy sales are made in the weeks
70%的玩具销售都集中在
Leading up to Christmas
圣诞节前的几周
Children obviously want everything
孩子们显然想要所有东西
And it's very disappointing if they don't get everything
如果他们得不到所有东西，会非常失望
And if the prices are fixed
如果价格被固定
The parents can't afford it
家长们就负担不起了
I think the price of toys is quite exorbitant
我觉得玩具的价格相当高昂
Obviously around Christmas time they always go up
显然在圣诞节前后价格总是会上涨
But for parents like us
但对于像我们这样的父母
With our young children
带着年幼的孩子
We'd like them to go down
我们希望价格能降下来
Wouldn't we
不是吗
For the makers of monopoly
对于大富翁的制造商
Twister
以及扭扭乐的制造商
Action man
行动人
A record fine of almost 5 million
创纪录的近500万罚款
Pounds
英镑
Hasbro broke competition law when it entered
孩之宝在与分销商达成价格固定协议时违反了竞争法
Into a price-fixing agreement with it's distributiors
与分销商达成价格固定协议
It prevented shops selling products below
它阻止了商店以低于
The manufacturer's recommended price
制造商建议的价格销售产品
This supermarket chain wanted to sell
这家超市连锁店想要销售
Hasbro toys but at less than the hasbro price
Hasbro玩具但价格低于Hasbro定价
But in order to do that
但为了做到这一点
Until recently it had to go to unauthorised suppliers
直到最近它不得不转向未经授权的供应商
It's been a constant battle over the years
多年来这始终是一场持续的战斗
With all brands within the toy industry
在玩具行业的所有品牌中
To offer our customers the best value that we possibly can
为了尽可能为我们的客户提供最佳价值
And hasbro is one of those brands
而Hasbro就是这些品牌之一
Well in theory
理论上来说
Big-brand toy prices should come down across the board
大品牌玩具价格应全面下调
Take this action man toy
以这款动作人偶玩具为例
For example
例如
It's price has already been cut by almost
自调查以来，其价格已下降近
20 percent since the inquiry
So competition this Christmas should be even keener
因此今年圣诞节的竞争将更加激烈
Though an industry expert claims toys
尽管一位行业专家声称玩具
Are competitively priced
价格具有竞争力
And that it's unfair to single out such
单独针对这样一个目标是不公平的
A soft target
一个软目标
The toy industry doesn't really have
玩具行业并没有真正存在
A big problem with price-fixing
价格垄断的大问题
Toys are cheaper nowadays in real terms
如今玩具的实际价格更便宜
Than they were perhaps ten years ago
相比十年前可能更实惠
Hasbro's planning to appeal against what
Hasbro计划对所谓的
It calls the disproportionate fine
不成比例的罚款提出上诉
While consumers can hope for a further
消费者可以期待进一步的
Boost in competition in the almost 2 billion UK toy market
在英国近20亿英镑的玩具市场中，竞争将更加激烈
Nicola carslaw
尼古拉·卡尔斯劳
Bbc news
BBC新闻