The sports giants are running into hurdles.

Related words:

1. cut its profit forecast 下調(diào)利潤(rùn)預(yù)期
2. turn around 使好轉(zhuǎn)，使有起色 e.g.The new?management?team?turned?the?ailing?company?around in under six?months.
3. tracksuit bottoms 運(yùn)動(dòng)褲
4. hoody 帽衫
5. snap up 搶購(gòu) e.g. The?tickets?for the?concert?were?snapped?up within three?hours?of going on?sale.
6. ramp up 提升產(chǎn)能
7. slash 大幅削減
8. dump 傾銷,甩賣 e.g. They?accused?the?West?of dumping?out-of-date?medicines?on?Third World?countries.
9. rookie firms 新公司
10. signature chunky cushioning(hoka) 標(biāo)志性的厚緩沖墊
11. underserved sports 小眾體育項(xiàng)目

Vocabulary:

1. outburst (感情的）爆發(fā)、 an outburst of anger
2. brag v 吹噓 e.g. She's always bragging?about?how much?money?she?earns.
3. glitch n 小故障
4. kick off 開始，開球
5. tighten one's belt 精打細(xì)算

Nice sentence:

1. The company's share price fell to lows unseen since 2016.
2. (時(shí)尚化轉(zhuǎn)型，體育品牌面臨奢侈品牌和新興品牌的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)壓力）A long-term problem is managing the move away from sports and towards fashion. This has exposed them to the competition at both the fashionable end of the market-where luxury labels are peddling trainers-and at the sporting end-where rookie firms offer innovative products that appeal to buyers' evolving perspectives about both atheletic performancee and matters like the environment.