夏说英语新闻晨读 第138期:雅虎被收购

 本期内容：

After a months-long bidding process, Yahoo, a struggling internet company, announced Verizon would buy its core business, for $4.8 billion. Last year the telecoms giant paid $4.4 billion for AOL, another former internet darling. The merger¹ gives Verizon more eyeballs to sell to digital advertisers; Marissa Mayer, who presided over much of Yahoo’s decline, is likely to depart.

词汇讲解：
Bidding process: 竞价过程
Core：核心的
Darling：宠儿
Preside：主持大局
Depart：离开

1 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。