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引人注目的美国首宗吸烟者集体控告烟草公司的官司经过两年的审理后,7月14日终于有了结果。佛罗里达州的一个陪审团判决美国五大烟草公司付给原告1450亿美元的赔偿。本文列出了各家公司的赔偿额。同时,还提供了这样的信息:去年,通用汽车公司因其生产的汽车着火被判给予原告10.9亿美元。但代表万宝路香烟的生产商菲利普莫里斯公司的律师称这一判决等于给烟草行业“判了死刑”。这些烟草公司已经表示将提出上诉,上诉过程估计要持续两年左右。本文最发人深省的一句话是: The company is selling a product that they know they’re harming people. Nocompany will do this again. 一切生产厂商都决不应该selling a product that they know they’re harmingpeople。其警示作用远远超出了烟草行业。 文章中出现了以下一句,句中俚语叠现,令选注者不解。本刊也一时蹩额: “The jury was unswayed (不动摇) by the tobacco companies’ threat (a highdamage award) would cause them to go belly up and sold in a fire sale throughbankruptcy proceedings...they took their claim the sky would fall with a barrel ofsalt.” 句中的划线部分,美国教授Bill用email向本刊发来了解释(见文后)。Bill的解释再次让?
After a dramatic two-year trial by the first US smoker who collectively sued the tobacco company, July 14 finally came to an end. A Florida jury ruled that the top five tobacco companies in the United States paid the plaintiff $145 billion in compensation. This article lists the compensation for each company. At the same time, it also provided such information: Last year, General Motors was sentenced to 1.09 billion U.S. dollars for plaintiffs for the production of cars. But Philip Morris’s lawyer, who represents the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said that the verdict was tantamount to giving the tobacco industry “death.” The tobacco companies have stated that they will appeal and the appeal process is expected to last for about two years. The most thought-provoking words in this article are: The company is selling a product that they know they’re harming people. No company will do this again. All manufacturers should never sell a product that they know they’re harmingpeople. Its warning effect goes far beyond the tobacco industry. The following sentence appeared in the article, where the proverb was superimposed and the commentator was puzzled. This is also a momentary amount: “The jury was unswayed (unshake) by the tobacco companies’ threat (a highdamage award) would cause them to go belly up and sold in a fire sale throughbankruptcy proceedings...they took their claim The sky would fall with a barrel of salut.” The line in the sentence, the United States professor Bill sent an explanation by email (see the text later). Bill’s explanation once again let?