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作者: yoyo530521 时间: 2009-2-14 11:28 标题: 拉斯维加斯意味着商业

天天商务英语词汇

unfavourable (adjective) 不利的
解释	unlikely to be beneficial

例句	Conditions are unfavourable at the moment for stock market investments

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Las Vegas means business
拉斯维加斯意味着商业

Economic fallout is hurting the Las Vegas convention industry, and part of it may have to do with the city's image as a getaway. The mayor and others want people to not feel guilty about doing business there. Bob Moon reports.
经济(衰退)的余波正在损害拉斯维加斯的会展产业，这有一部分原因是人们把拉斯维加斯当成一个逃避现实的地方也是有关的。拉斯维加斯的市长和其他人希望人们不会觉得来拉斯维加斯做生意会有愧疚感。Bob Moon做了报道。

Bill Radke: Meanwhile, the mayor of Las Vegas says too much of that fallout has been landing on his city. The center of the convention world found itself a little off-center this week, as our senior business correspondent Bob Moon reports.
Bob Moon: The latest figures out this week show convention business here in Las Vegas off around 5 percent from a year earlier. And then, President Obama came along this week and suggested that business gatherings here are an unacceptable luxury for firms getting bailout money:
President Obama: You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer's dime.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman says he wants a "rectification." He insisted at a news conference yesterday that Vegas visits shouldn't be off limits, even if they use bailout money:
Oscar Goodman: If it's for serious purposes and not for a vacation, but to get business done, I see nothing wrong with it.
This week, at least four big companies either canceled or relocated several million dollars in convention business. A gathering of financial bigwigs, the American Securitization Forum, did go on.
But executive director George Miller found the need to say there was nothing to be ashamed of, as they discussed freeing up the credit markets:
George Miller: No one should be defensive about being here to address those important topics, and no one should be dissuaded or discouraged from taking part in this conference. It is not only OK, it is essential.
At MGM-Mirage resorts, senior VP Alan Feldman argues Las Vegas can actually be a cheaper and more effective destination:
Alan Feldman: Companies look to have a good time, set a good tone for a meeting, and then have a productive meeting. And in that regard, we have the facilities and staff and the capability to deliver like no city in America.
Feldman argues that perhaps more than ever, now is the time businesses ought to be getting together to solve our economic ills.

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