[題目] 朗文 4/e 閱讀 P210

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書名：Longman
頁數：210
題目：
     At its annual stockholders meeting this week, Smith & Co. reported that
     its yearly earnings had tripled from a year ago to $100 million. The
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     earnings increase was attributed in large part to the increase in sales
     resulting from the rise in popularity of designer fashions for children. Sales predictions for the coming year project that earnings will
     double during the first two quarters.
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疑問：

     its yearly earnings had tripled from a year ago to $100 million.
     ---這句的意思是什麼?
        yearly earnings每年的盈餘,為什麼會有過去完成式的出現(had tripled
        from a year ago)
       3倍是指100 million的3倍 還是100 million是3倍?


     the first two quarters.--什麼是第一季2 1/4?

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推 queenyu     :100 million 是三倍後了 ^.^
→ queenyu     :應該是指首兩季哦...>_<
推 salmonwu    :,Smith & Co. reported... 所以meeting是過去舉行的
→ salmonwu    :而yearly earnings成長為3倍,是從meeting前發生,直到
→ salmonwu    :meeting時的事件,所以用過去完成式
→ payejaju    :請問its yearly~~million這段翻譯要如何翻?
→ queenyu     :這一年來的年度盈餘以三倍數成長至一億美金.
推 Thinkin     :年度盈餘成長三倍→於是然後→到達了一億
→ Thinkin     :這樣想就比較容易懂了^^ 後面則是指"前兩季" 1-6月
→ payejaju    :懂了,謝謝大家