米高梅电影工作室将被望远镜娱乐收购

时间：2010-11-01 06:31:02

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Creditors¹ of Hollywood's legendary² MGM studio have voted in favour of a bankruptcy³ plan offered by US firm Spyglass Entertainment.

好莱坞传奇米高梅工作室的债权人投票通过由望远镜娱乐公司提出的破产计划。

Will MGM's lion roar back to profit?

The rescue deal would put Spyglass at the helm（掌舵，掌权） of MGM, which is struggling under $4bn (£2.5bn) of debts.

The creditors rejected rival offers including from Canada's Lionsgate, part-owned by billionaire Carl Icahn.

The months of financial deadlock⁴ meant several film projects were put on hold, including the latest 007 movie.

MGM has struggled due to several box office flops⁵ and a DVD sales slump⁶.

The rescue plan provides for MGM's secured lenders to exchange $4bn in debt for equity⁷ in the company upon its emergence⁸ from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The trimmed-down company would then be taken over by Spyglass.

In a statement, MGM, famous for its trademark⁹ roaring lion logo, said that its lenders had "overwhelmingly approved its proposed plan of reorganisation" by Spyglass.

The financial rescue of MGM is key to the production of several movie blockbusters（大片，巨型炸弹） .

In April, work on the 23rd film in the James Bond franchise¹⁰（特权，公民权） was suspended due to uncertainty¹¹ over MGM's future.

The British production company behind the project said at the time that the film was on hold "indefinitely".

There was no immediate¹² comment this weekend on when production might resume.

Spyglass's most notable recent success was production of Clint Eastwood's last film Invictus.

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1 creditors
n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。来自《简明英汉词典》 Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 legendary
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
参考例句：
Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。 Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

3 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

4 deadlock
n.僵局，僵持
参考例句：
The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。 The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。

5 flops
n.失败( flop的名词复数 )v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的第三人称单数 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅
参考例句：
a pair of flip-flops 一双人字拖鞋 HPC environments are often measured in terms of FLoating point Operations Per Second (FLOPS) . HPC环境通常以每秒浮点运算次数(FLOPS)加以度量。来自互联网

6 slump
n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌
参考例句：
She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。 Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

7 equity
n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票
参考例句：
They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。 To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

8 emergence
n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体
参考例句：
The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。 Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

9 trademark
n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标
参考例句：
The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。 The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

10 franchise
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
参考例句：
Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。 The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

11 uncertainty
n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物
参考例句：
Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。 After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

12 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。