| 1. | Sumner redstone : you can ' t be sure of yourself
萨姆纳?列思多：你是没办法了解自己的。 |
| 2. | " if i had it to do over again , yes , " sumner redstone , the outspoken viacom chief executive , said simply
“如果我再做一遍的话，我还会这样做。 ”维亚康姆主席雷石东坦率而又淡淡地说。 |
| 3. | In the meantime , mr redstone is aware of the importance attached to the plan as the potential harbinger of a new downsizing trend in the media industry
同时，雷石东也意识到该计划的重要性，正如媒介业面临新一轮的缩小的趋势一样。 |
| 4. | " as much as we like him personally , we thought it was wrong to renew his deal , " viacom chief sumner redstone said of paramount ' s decision to drop cruise
“尽管我们本人都非常喜欢他，但我们认为与他继续签约是错误的。 ”维亚康姆公司主席在谈到派拉蒙公司决定与汤姆克鲁斯时说。 |
| 5. | The proposed split would occur along the fault lines of the old cbs and viacom , leading many to take the plan as an admission by mr redstone that the original deal was a mistake
计划中的这一分拆要把原来的cbs和维亚康姆分开，这使得许多人认为雷石东承认了原来的并购案是错误的。 |
| 6. | Looking back on the merger from five years ago , mr redstone has reassessed the value of synergy - the catch - all term used to sell so many mega - deals over the past decade
回首五前年的并购案，雷石东对并购价值有一个新的评价， “抓住一切”这种术语过去常常指卖掉过去十年的大宗交易。 |
| 7. | So , after mulling the idea for a while and fielding repeated pitches from investment bankers , mr redstone began phoning board members 10 days ago with a proposal to divide the company
所以，深思之后并征求银行投资家的意见之后，雷石东10天前打电话给董事会成员，征求他们对公司分拆的意见。 |
| 8. | Sumner redstone tells us that he graduated first in his class at high school some 60 years ago - which was probably gratifying for him at the time but , 60 years on , is of dubious relevance to viacom ' s shareholders
雷斯通告诉我们他60年前从高中毕业时，成绩是全班第一，当时这可能是件得意的事，但是60年后，这一成就和维康公司的股东有什麽关系就很可疑了。 |
