想要纯美国货?你的选择可能不多_BEC初级作文

想要纯美国货?你的选择可能不多

Why not use U.S.-made tea bags? Marshall Adams, senior vice president at R.C. Bigelow Inc., which owns Charleston Tea, said there are no U.S. makers of the corn-based fiber used for the type of 'pyramid' bags the company prefers for its Charleston Tea. 'It's the reality of today's global economy,' he said.

为什么不使用美国制造的茶包呢？拥有查尔斯顿茶的R.C. Bigelow Inc.的高级副总裁亚当斯(Marshall Adams)说，没有一家美国厂商生产该公司包装查尔斯顿茶所用的“金字塔”型茶包用到的玉米纤维。他说，这是当今经济全球化背景下的一个现实。

The store has no sneakers, though it carries Thorogood shoes from Weinbrenner Shoe Co. of Merrill, Wis., and sandals from Okabashi Brands Inc. The denim trousers made by Texas Jeans USA of Asheboro, N.C., are mostly of the sort young people mock as 'mom jeans.' They don't come in skinny cuts or trendy colors like pink or canary yellow.

这家卖场并不出售运动鞋，但它销售威斯康星州梅丽尔(Merrill)的制鞋厂Weinbrenner Shoe Co.生产的Thorogood鞋子，以及Okabashi Brands Inc.生产的凉鞋。卖场销售的Texas Jeans USA生产的粗棉布裤大都是那种被年轻人嘲笑为“老妈裤”的牛仔裤。卖场没有那些剪裁贴身或颜色时尚（比如粉红或淡黄色）的裤子。

For Mr. Andol, a 46-year-old who drives a Ford F-350 pickup, the crusade to support American manufacturing is personal. About five years ago, his welding company lost a contract to supply steel posts to a fence manufacturer─eliminating nearly half his revenue. A supplier in China had undercut him by $3 a post. Because of that lost order and the recession, he had to lay off nearly 40 employees, including a brother in law.