苹果市值刚刚达到 apple is worth
一万亿美元， a trillion dollars,
至少已经有那么一会儿了， or at least it was for a few moments,
股票一度触及二百零七美元五美分的神奇数字。 the stock briefly hit the magic number of two hundred and seven dollars and five cents
在星期四 on thursday
股东们 and the shareholders were
谈论着美元钞票 all about the dollar dollar bill
是的 yeah
苹果与其他唯一一家陷入万亿困境的上市公司一样，成为公众关注的焦点。 apple shares the limelight with the only other public company that's hit the trillion dilemmas
以前 before
中石油 Petro China
石油和天然气公司。 which does oil and gas.
但那是在二千零七年，它只在上海证券交易所行情不错 but that was way back in two thousand and seven and it was only sitting pretty on the Shanghai stock exchange
有那么一段时间 for a short while
从那以后 it since lost
该公司市值蒸发了约八千亿美元。 around eight hundred billion dollars in market value.
另一家潜在价值 the other company that's potentially worth
比苹果还多 even more than Apple is
沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司， Saudi Aramco,
石油和能源公司 the oil and energy company
报告显示 report suggests
它的市值估计 it could be worth
高达二万亿美元。 up to two trillion dollars.
但是 but
它不像苹果一样 unlike apple
因为它是一家私营公司 because its a private company
没有办法确切地知道。 there's no way to know for sure.
现在让我们把这万亿美元放在另一个角度来看。 now let's put this trillion dollars into perspective.
世界上只有15个国家 only fifteen countries in the world
比苹果价值更高 are worth more
如果你看GDP或国内生产总值。 if you look at GDPor gross domestic product.
苹果真是有了巨大的转变 all things considered this is a serious turnaround for a company that
上世纪90年代末几乎破产。 almost went bankrupt in the late nineteen nineties.
有来自劲敌微软的投资， there was an investment from
有来自劲敌微软的投资， archrival Microsoft,
然后是一系列的热门产品，比如 followed by a string of hit products like the
iMac imac
iPod the ipod
还有iTunes商店。 and the iTunes store.
在最近几年 in more recent years the
iphone变成了 iphone became
卖得最好的手机。 a best seller.
苹果计划在二十八年的最后一个季度 apple projects the last quarter of twenty eighteen will
也要实现更高收益。 also end on a high note.
苹果预计收入将在600至620亿美元之间。 the company expects revenue between sixty and sixty two billion dollars.
但其他科技公司 but other tech companies
正在紧跟苹果的步伐 are nipping at apple's heels
亚马逊徘徊在八千七百七十亿美元的关口， Amazon hovers around the eight hundred and seventy seven billion dollar mark,
而Alphabet while Alphabet
也就是谷歌的母公司 AKA， Googles' parent company
是 is
大约 around
八千五百四十亿美元。 eight hundred and fifty four billion dollars.
那真是 that's
有 a whole
很多0！ lot of zeros.
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