48. This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in, a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European television networks, no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.
仅这一点就表明在电视行业里生存并不容易,这个事实通过统计数字明确反映了出来:在80 家欧洲电视网中 1989 年出现亏损的不下于 50%。
49. Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old Continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice.
创造一个能尊重不同文化和传统的“欧洲统一体”不是一项容易的任务,因为它不但需要策略性的选择而且要构成一个连接整个旧大陆(欧洲大陆)的网络。
50. In dealing with a challenge on such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say, “United we stand, divided we fall”.
在应付一个如此规模的挑战过程中,我们可以毫不夸张地说,“团结,我们就会站起来;分裂,我们就会倒下去”。