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A:Did you hear the news?Two of our major supplliers,Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging!If they are conglomerated into one company into one company,it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.
B:Are you sure?Who told you that?I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company...They're supposed to be bitter enemies,the strictest of competitors.It must be a rumor.It can't be ture.
A:I read it myself on the financial page.They're really going to join together.U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's,they will take over the company as of next month.

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B:The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes.Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?
A:I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition.If you can't beat'em,join'em.

你聽說了嗎?我們的兩個大供應商墨菲音樂制作公司和優及唱片公司要合并了!如果他們合并成一個公司,那會嚴重影響我們的銷售策略.
你肯定嗎?誰告訴你的?我非常懷疑他們會采取合并成一個公司的策略...他們應該是死敵,最大的競爭對手.這一定是傳聞,不可能是真的.

這是我在財經版上親眼看到的.他們真的要聯手了.墨菲制作公司買下了優及唱片公司的所有權,他們從下個月起就接管這個公司了.
優及唱片公司一定是承受不了這激烈的競爭,否則他們為什么會讓自己不共戴天的仇敵接管呢?
我想他們一定認為合并比在殘酷的競爭中生存要容易得多.如果不能打敗他們,就與他們聯盟.

merge:to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing (使)合并,結合,并入
His department will be merged with mine. 他的部門將和我的部門合并.
The company was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并組成的.

take something over:to gain control of a business, a company, etc., especially by buying shares 接收,接管(企業、公司等,尤指通過購買股份)
CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥倫比亞廣播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收購.

if you can't beat them, join them
if you cannot defeat somebody or be as successful as they are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some advantage for yourself by doing so 打不贏,就投靠。