Chairman's Statement
Two years ago we undertook to increase our sales and to at least maintain our earnings. We published this commitment in order to demonstrate our resolve to lead the business successfully through the demanding period following the expiry of patents which had given us the exclusive right to develop two of our major products.
兩年前我們承諾增加我們的銷售，至少能維持我們的盈利. 我們公布了這一承諾，為了表明我們能在專利到期后成功的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)我們的業(yè)務(wù)，這些專利授予了我們開發(fā)兩項(xiàng)主要產(chǎn)品的專有權(quán)。
I am very pleased to ** report** that we achieved what we set **out ** to do. We have achieved increases of 4% and 6% in sales and earnings respectively . This comes despite considerable losses resulting the expiry of the patents. It is testimony to depth and vitality of our portfolio of medicines that we have been able to survive the largest single patent expiry our industry has known.
我很高興的宣布我們已經(jīng)取得了我們開始設(shè)定的目標(biāo)。我們已經(jīng)分別在銷售和盈利方面達(dá)到了4%和6%的增長。盡管由于專利的到期帶來了相當(dāng)大的損失，但這一刻還是到來了。這證明了我們藥物產(chǎn)品組合的深度和活力，我們已經(jīng)能夠在我們行業(yè)所知道的最大的單一專利中存活了下來。
I am confident that the continuation of this performance, together with the contribution of five new products currently being launched, will enable us to deliver the final part of our target, namely to achieve sales and earnings growth in double figures next year.
伴隨著5個(gè)新產(chǎn)品的上線的貢獻(xiàn)，我對(duì)能公司能持續(xù)這樣的表現(xiàn)非常自信， 這將使我們能完成我們目標(biāo)的最后一部分，即取得銷售和盈利在明年翻倍。
Looking further ahead, I firmly believe that this company can continue to deliver strong, sustainable growth, enabling us to stay at the forefront of the research-based pharmaceutical industry.
展望未來，我堅(jiān)定的相信公司能繼續(xù)變得強(qiáng)大，可持續(xù)的成長，使得我們在以研發(fā)為基礎(chǔ)的藥物行業(yè)中保持行業(yè)前沿。
The power and pace of technological and scientific development, combined with economic and social pressures ,are forcing huge changes in our industry. The successful companies of the future will be those that anticipate and respond to this change, integrate new technologies effectively, and are closest to their customers. I have full confidence in our ability to remain a major player in our industry.
科技和科學(xué)發(fā)展的力量和速度，加上經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)壓力，迫使我們的行業(yè)發(fā)生巨大的變化。未來成功的公司將是這些能期待和對(duì)變化做出回應(yīng)的公司，有效的能整合新的技術(shù)，并且和他們的客戶緊密的在一起。我對(duì)我們在行業(yè)中保持這樣的能力充滿信心。
29題詞義比較
force : If a situation or event force you to do something, it makes it necessary for you to do something that you would not otherwise have done.
A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon
impel When something such as an emotion **impels ** you to do something, it affects you so strongly that you feel forced to do it.
- the courage and competitiveness which impels him to take risks*
urge
- If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
- If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go them by touching them or talking to them
- If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.
thrust
- If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force. They thrust him into the back of a jeep
- If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way. She thrust her way into crowd
- If something thrusts up/out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. A aerial thrust up form the glass verge . A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds
