GRE阅读练习：英国混杂购物取代传统购物.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：英国混杂购物取代传统购物 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：英国混杂购物取代传统购物 GRE考试精品课程指导  As supermarkets flounder, small food and drink retailers are booming  大型超市困境中挣扎之际，正是小型饮食零售店繁荣之时  Chi-chi cheese  琦琦奶酪  INVESTORS in Tesco, Britains largest supermarket chain, could be forgiven for weeping into their Christmas pud this month. On December 9th the retailer issued its fourth profit warning in five months, cutting its full-year trading forecast by almost a third. Shares plunged (again), topping off a dreadful year for the former darling of the City. Tescos only solace is that it is only doing marginally worse now than its direct competitors, such as Sainsburys and Morrisons.  英国最 大的连锁超市特易购投资商若在圣诞节掩面痛哭，也是情有可原。易购零售商于12月9号发布了5个月以来的第4次盈利警告，其预测的全年交易额减少了近三分之一。该公司股票(再次)猛跌，结束了这个昔日城市宠儿不如意的一年。唯 一的慰藉就是它现在只是比直接竞争对手(桑斯博里与莫里森公司)稍微差了点儿。  There is no need for solace at the Keelham Farm Shop, on the outskirts of Bradford, however. Here it is mulled wine and treats all round, as Victoria Robertshaw, the co-owner, celebrates another fine year and big plans for the future. Founded in the early 1970s, Keelham was one of the countrys first modern farm shops, selling meat, vegetables and much else, but only from the family farm or from other local producers. Its growth has been spectacular.  而位于布拉德福德郊区的凯勒姆农家店根本不需要安慰。这里到处是热红酒和美食，店主维多利亚·罗伯肖庆祝又一年的好时光与未来的宏伟计划。凯勒姆建于20世纪70年代初期，是全国首批出现的一家现代农家店，主要经营肉类、蔬菜以及其他诸多产品，但只从个体农场或其他当地生产商进货。生意红火，发展迅速。  In 2006, Keelham had a turnover of ￡2m, already large for a farm shop. Today that figure is over ￡11m, and achieved in one of the less prosperous parts of the country. Such is the demand that Ms Robertshaw is investing ￡4m next year in opening a much larger Keelhams in Skipton, a nearby town. Her new outlet will also boast a cooking school and a café. Much of what it will sell, such as sausages, will be made on site.  2006年，凯勒姆营业额为200万欧元，这对于农家店而言已经算是超额。如今的营业额超过1100万欧元，并且是在全国发展水平一般的地区做到的。