经济学人双语精读｜日本便利店合并

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点击文章末端“ 阅读原文 ” 获取完整电子版 （ PDF + Word + MP3音频） 每天分享一篇经济学人双语精读 全文翻译+全文注释+长难句分析 背景知识+写作技巧+短语+段落大意+词汇精析 本期同步音频 01 经济学人原文 convenience  stores ： Konbini  combination What a  takeover  offer for  7 -Eleven says about business in Japan 【 1 】 THE  convenience  store, or konbini, is an  institution  of modern Japanese life. Open at all hours, it offers customers  tasty  food and household  essentials , as well as the ability to pay bills and send  parcels . The industry  leader ,  7 -Eleven,  perfected  new products, such as  takeaway  onigiri, or rice balls, and eventually took over the American chain from which it  sprang . But if Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), a Canadian  retailer  that  operates  the Circle Kchain of shops, has its way,  7 -Eleven will no longer be Japanese. 【 2 】 On August  19 th ………………………………