VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：亞馬遜公司對(duì)新總部不予置評(píng)

Amazon Not Commenting on Second Headquarters

亞馬遜公司對(duì)新總部不予置評(píng)

People in several American cities are wondering: where will the company Amazon build its new second headquarters?

美國(guó)幾個(gè)城市的人們都想知道：亞馬遜公司會(huì)在哪里建立第二個(gè)新總部呢?

A recent news report in The Wall Street Journal said Amazon will divide its new headquarters between two cities. The report said the company is considering Queens in New York City; Arlington, Virginia; and Dallas, Texas. The New York Times reports that Dallas is not being considered and the two cities are Queens and Arlington.

《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》最近報(bào)道稱，亞馬遜會(huì)把新總部分別放在兩個(gè)城市。有報(bào)道稱，該公司正在考慮紐約市的皇后區(qū)，弗吉尼亞州的阿靈頓市以及德克薩斯州的達(dá)拉斯市。據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道，達(dá)拉斯市不在考慮之中，這兩個(gè)城市是指皇后區(qū)和阿靈頓市。

Amazon will keep its current headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

亞馬遜將會(huì)保留位于華盛頓州西雅圖市的現(xiàn)總部。

Spokesman Adam Sedo said Amazon refused to comment on the reports.

公司發(fā)言人亞當(dāng)·塞多(Adam Sedo)稱亞馬遜拒絕對(duì)此予以置評(píng)。

Amazon's decision to build another headquarters caused major American cities to compete with each other. Many cities hoped for the 50,000 new jobs the company promised. Amazon said most of the new jobs will pay a lot of money.

亞馬遜建立另一個(gè)總部的決定導(dǎo)致美國(guó)的主要城市展開(kāi)了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。很多城市都希望獲得該公司承諾提供的5萬(wàn)個(gè)新的就業(yè)崗位。亞馬遜公司表示，大部分新崗位都是高薪職位。

Amazon told the cities that it wanted financial incentives: such as lower taxes and other deals. It also wanted a city with more than 1 million people, a close airport, good public transportation and a lot of land.

亞馬遜告訴這些城市，它希望獲得財(cái)政激勵(lì)措施：例如減稅或其它協(xié)議。公司還希望這座城市擁有超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)人口，一個(gè)鄰近的機(jī)場(chǎng)，良好的公共交通和大量土地。

The company received 238 proposals and chose 20 of them in January.

該公司收到了238份方案，并在1月份選出了20份方案。

The unusual decision to divide the 50,000 jobs between two cities will permit the company to find the right people for the jobs. It also could reduce pressure for housing and transportation, The Wall Street Journal reported.

將5萬(wàn)個(gè)就業(yè)崗位分配到兩個(gè)城市這一不同尋常的決定會(huì)讓該公司能夠找到合適人選。據(jù)《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》報(bào)道，這也會(huì)減輕住房和交通的壓力。

The New York Times reported that company officials met last month with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The newspaper said the state offered possibly hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives. Amazon also met with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the newspaper reported.

《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道稱，該公司官員上個(gè)月同紐約州州長(zhǎng)安德魯·庫(kù)莫(Andrew Cuomo)進(jìn)行了會(huì)面。該報(bào)稱，紐約州可能會(huì)提供數(shù)億美元的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。亞馬遜還會(huì)見(jiàn)了紐約市市長(zhǎng)白思豪(Bill de Blasio)。

The New York Times reported that the governor said, "I'll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that's what it takes."

據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道，這位州長(zhǎng)表示：“如果有必要，我會(huì)改名為亞馬遜·庫(kù)莫。”

Amazon has said it could spend more than $5 billion on the new headquarters over the next 17 years. This is about the same as it has spent in Seattle, which has 33 buildings, 23 restaurants and 40,000 employees.

亞馬遜稱未來(lái)17年可能會(huì)在新總部投入50億美元。這與西雅圖總部的投入大致相當(dāng)。西雅圖總部有33棟建筑，23家餐廳和4萬(wàn)名員工。

Amazon's Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos has said the new headquarters will be "a full equal" to the one in Seattle.

亞馬遜首席執(zhí)行官杰夫·貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)表示，新總部將會(huì)與西雅圖總部“平起平坐”。

Amazon employs about 600,000 people. That number is expected to increase as it builds more storage buildings across the country to satisfy online orders for products.

亞馬遜雇傭了約60萬(wàn)名員工。隨著亞馬遜在美國(guó)各地建立更多倉(cāng)庫(kù)以滿足產(chǎn)品網(wǎng)絡(luò)訂單的需求，這一數(shù)字有望增加。

I'm Susan Shand.

蘇珊·珊德報(bào)道。