口语进阶-叙事口语材料：沃尔玛超市02

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Walton died in 1992, but as business philosophy continues to be preached at Walmart's, each store has greeters who meet the customers at the door and deal with any special needs they have. Having greeters gives the effect of having more service clerks than Walmart really has, compared to some other department stores. Walmart has relatively fewer employees.

沃尔顿于1992年去世，但随着经营理念在沃尔玛继续传播，每家门店都有迎宾员，他们在门口迎接顾客，并处理他们的任何特殊需求。与其他一些百货公司相比，有迎宾员的效果是，沃尔玛的服务人员比沃尔玛实际拥有的要多。沃尔玛的员工相对较少。

Walmart also has the Walmart Foundation, which sponsors numerous good causes. Among their programs are high school scholarships, fundraising for local hospitals and sick children, environmental concerns, and community matching grant outreach. So, what's not to like about Walmart?   The main complaint is that their business style is extremely aggressive. Walmart's attitudes towards manufacturers and suppliers are "you do it our way or we won't do business with you," which puts Walmart at an advantage over smaller retails who don't have the same retailing power.   

沃尔玛还有沃尔玛基金会，该基金会赞助了许多公益事业。他们的项目包括高中奖学金、为当地医院和患病儿童筹款、环境问题和社区匹配赠款推广。那么，沃尔玛有什么不好的呢?主要的抱怨是他们的商业风格过于咄咄逼人。沃尔玛对制造商和供应商的态度是“按我们的方式做，否则我们不会和你做生意”，这使沃尔玛比那些没有同样零售实力的小型零售商更具优势。

Walmart has been known to demand that its suppliers provide products at discount for Walmart store openings, levy fines for shipment errors, tell manufacturers what products, styles, and colors to make, etc. Walmart expects product delivery in two days and expects manufacturers to cooperate with its promotional and retailing strategies. In effect, any company that works with Walmart becomes one of their employees. Any company which so dominates one area of the market will have a lot of power.   

众所周知，沃尔玛要求其供应商在沃尔玛开店时提供折扣产品，对运输错误征收罚款，告诉制造商要生产什么产品、款式和颜色等。沃尔玛希望在两天内交货，并希望制造商配合其促销和零售策略。实际上，任何与沃尔玛合作的公司都成为沃尔玛的员工之一。任何在市场的一个领域占据主导地位的公司都将拥有强大的力量。

So far, Walmart has been successful in getting what it wants and providing customers with what they want.

到目前为止，沃尔玛已经成功地得到了它想要的，并为顾客提供了他们想要的。

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