By Zhou Yan (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-09-04 07:08

SHANGHAI: The world's biggest beverage maker Coca-Cola has offered to buy China's Huiyuan Juice for $2.3 billion, 300 percent more than its last closing price.
上海：全球最大的饮料制造商可口可乐公司已经出资23亿美元收购汇源果汁集团，远超过汇源最新收盘价的3倍。

The Atlanta-based company would acquire Hong Kong-listed Huiyuan for HK$17.9 billion, or 12.20 cents per share - almost triple Huiyuan's Friday closing price of HK$4.14. Huiyuan shares soared 164.3 percent Wednesday to close at HK$10.94.
位于亚特兰大的可口可乐公司总部将在香港股市以179亿港元收购,或以每股12.20分的价格收购汇源,这几乎是汇源周五的收盘价格4.14港元的3倍多.汇源在周六飙升了164.3%于10.94港元收盘.

Stock analysts in China said the high offer price reflects the premium on Huiyuan's brand in the Chinese market.
中国的证券分析员表示，高价反映了汇源品牌在中国市场上的价值。

"The offer was not overly generous considering the potential for Coca-Cola as owner of the brand," Huang Dejun, general manager of Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant Co Ltd, said..
北京东方农产品顾问公司经理黄德军称，“这个价格没有统筹考虑可口可乐拥有这个品牌之后的潜力”

——《新闻天天译》665

China quake damages more than 180,000 homes, 27 dead
中国地震造成18万房屋倒塌，27人死亡

An earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents, state media said on Sunday.
中国媒体于周日报道，一场地震袭击了中国西南部的四川和云南两省，造成27人死亡，18万以上的民宅被毁，影响波及80万居民。

The epicentre of Saturday's quake, which struck around 4:30 p.m. (0730 GMT), was about 30 km southeast of Panzhihua, near Sichuan's border with Yunnan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was about 10 km deep.
据美国地质勘探局称，周六的地震从下午四点开始（格林尼治时间7：30），震源大致位于四川和云南交界的攀枝花西南30公里。此次地震有10公里之深。

The USGS put the magnitude of the quake at 5.7, while China's official Xinhua news agency said it measured 6.1.A 5.6-magnitude aftershock hit the same area 24 hours later, the USGS said on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of further damage.
美国地质勘探局在周日称，测定此次巨大地震为5.7级，而中国新华社发言人指出该地震6.1A级，5.6级地震在24小时后再次在同一地点发生。目前没有关于伤亡的最新报道。

Xinhua said Saturday's quake had injured more than 350 people, and three more were missing in addition to the 27 already confirmed dead.
新华社称周六的地震已经致使350人受伤，3人失踪，27人已确认死亡。

——《新闻天天译》（662）