A:I heard a rumor this morning...It seems Trusten Tools is going out of business.Another #petitor is going bankrupt.That could be good news for us.
　　B:I think you must have heard wrong.The truth is we are going to be taken over by Trusten.We are being bought out,and our #pany will be merging with our largest #petitor.It's not good news at all...
　　A:What?We are merging with Trusten?I never thought that would happen.Will we be getting new owners?Will it affect our jobs?
　　B:Probably.The new owners will be #ing to start alignment meetings nextweek.One of the big question is what to call the new conglomerate #pany.
　　A:Wow,with such a big change.We won't have the same name?
　　B:It's not only the name of our #pany that will change...I expect that after this acquisition,there'll be a ton of things up in the air.
　　早上我听到一个传闻...好像说信托设备公司要倒闭了.有一个竞争对手要破产了.这对我们来说可真是好消息.
　　我想你一定听错了.事实是我们要被信托公司接管了.我们的所有权被买下了,我们公司就要和我们最大的竞争对手合并了.这根本不是什么好消息...
　　什么?我们要和信托公司合并?我从来没想到会发生这样的事.我们要有新老板了?这对我们的工作会有影响吗?
　　可能会有影响.新老板下周来进行合作会谈.一个最大的问题就是新的联合公司叫什么名字.
　　哇,有这么大的变化.我们连自己公司的名字都保不住了?
　　不但是我们公司的名字要改...我预计收购之后还会有一大堆的问题悬而未决.
　　out of business:having stopped operating as a business because there is no more money or work available 停业;歇业
　　The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business. 新法规将使很多小企业关闭.
　　Some travel #panies will probably go out of business this summer. 今年夏天一些旅游公司很可能歇业.
　　take something over:to gain control of a business, a #pany, etc., especially by buying shares 接收,接管(企业、公司等,尤指通过购买股份)
　　CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥伦比亚广播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收购.
　　up in the air:not yet decided 悬而未决
　　Our travel plans are still up in the air. 我们的旅行计划尚未决定.
　　merge:to #bine or make two or more things #bine to form a single thing (使)合并,结合,并入
　　His department will be merged with mine. 他的部门将和我的部门合并.
　　The #pany was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并组成的.alignment:political support given to one country or group by another (国家、团体间的)结盟
　　Japan's alignment with the West 日本与西方国家的结盟