1·Although profits were up at Wal-Mart, sales at its American stores fell by 1.4% compared with a year earlier.
尽管沃尔玛总利润实现增长，但与一年前相比，沃尔玛美国各店的销售额却下降了1.4%。
2·Over the last year, revenue at Wal-Mart stores open at least a year has fallen by an average 0.75 percent each quarter, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
根据国际购物中心理事会的数据，在过去的一年里，开张一年以上的沃尔玛零售店的收入以平均每季度0.75%的速度减少。
3·Revenue at Wal-Mart stores open at least a year, a key measurement of any retailer's health, has fallen for six straight quarters.
开张一年以上的沃尔玛商店的收入，是衡量零售商健康的关键标准，已经连续六个月下降。
4·As District Judge Martin J. Jenkins wrote in 2004, the statistics showed that women working in Wal-Mart stores were paid less than men in every region and in most job categories.
正如地区法院的法官马丁j .詹金斯于2004年指出的，这一统计反映出在沃尔玛工作的女性在每个地方和大多数工种上，都比男性拿得少。
5·Unlike most stores, Wal-Mart thrived when the Great Recession struck in late 2007.
与大多数商店不同，2007年晚些时候沃尔玛很兴旺。
6·One is the spread of cheap-and-cheerful retail health clinics located next to the pharmacist at drug stores, in shopping malls and even inside Wal-Mart outlets.
首先是物美价廉的零售型门诊要遍地开花，他们将出现在在药店、购物中心，甚至沃尔玛的连锁专柜药剂师的身旁。
7·At Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., sales at U.S. locations open at least a year have declined for five consecutive quarters.
总部位于阿肯色州班顿维尔的零售巨头沃尔玛在美营业的分公司至少有一年销售量连续五季度出现滑坡。
8·Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, famously employs “greeters” at the entrance to its stores.
全球最大零售商沃尔玛公司以在商场入口处雇佣“问候者”而闻名。
9·In fact, for the poor, discounting in stores such as Wal-Mart has offset much of the rise in measured income inequality from 1994 to 2005.
实际上，对于贫困人口来说，1994年到2005年间，沃尔玛之类的大型超市中的打折商品，抵消了大部分由于收入不均所带来的痛苦。
10·Asda and Wal-Mart excel at supplying large quantities of goods to big stores over long distances.
Asda以及沃尔玛在向大型店面长距离供应大量商品方面占优势。