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進入中英對照讀新聞》Christmas Tree Shops is closing all 70 stores 「耶誕樹商店」將關閉全部70家門市
美國馬里蘭州一家「耶誕樹商店」。（法新社）
◎ 張沛元
Christmas Tree Shops will liquidate all of its stores and go out of business unless a white knight comes out of the woodwork at the 11th hour.
除非在最後一刻突然出現救星，「耶誕樹商店」將關閉其所有門市與結束營業。
The discount retail chain, which sold a variety of home goods, disclosed in a court filing last week that it defaulted on a $45 million loan and is closing its roughly 70 stores in the coming weeks.
一份法庭文件上週披露，這家販售各種家用品的折扣零售連鎖店，拖欠4500萬美元貸款，將在未來數週內關閉其約70家門市。
The closure comes after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May in a bid to turn around the 53-year-old company.
在關閉所有門市之前的今年5月，該公司曾根據美國破產法第11章申請破產，企圖翻轉這家有53年歷史的公司的命運。
However, its sales continued to decline and Christmas Tree Shops ran out of the money it needed to go forward with the bankruptcy plan. Late last week, the company decided to permanently close its business instead.
然而，該公司業績持續下滑，「耶誕樹商店」耗盡推展破產計劃所需的資金。上週稍晚，該公司決定永久停業。
新聞辭典
come/crawl out of the woodwork：慣用語，（長期隱藏或沉寂後）突然冒出來。例句：
Since she married a rich man, several people from her past have come out of the woodwork.（打從她嫁給有錢人起，有些她過去認識的人開始冒了出來。）
11th hour：片語，最後一刻，最後時刻。例句：An 11th-hour tentative contract agreement reached between labor union and the employer narrowly averted a strike.（工會與雇主最後一刻達成的臨時合約協議驚險避免一場罷工。）
