中國(guó)產(chǎn)襪子廣受英國(guó)軍人的青睞

Britain's armed services are to wear socks made in China after the firm which has supplied them for 80 years was dropped.

　　英國(guó)國(guó)防部決定棄用英國(guó)制造的襪子，轉(zhuǎn)而為英軍采購(gòu)成本低廉的中國(guó)產(chǎn)襪子。

　　UK's Ministry of Defense has instead handed the contract to a Northern Ireland firm, Cooneen Watts & Stone, which manufactures its socks in China and will supply 2.5 million pairs over four years. Sock-maker HJ Hall, which is 128-year-old and has provided socks for the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy for 80 years, lost the 5-million-pound order this time.

　　英國(guó)國(guó)防部近日表示，一家名為“酷尼”的北愛(ài)爾蘭公司在招標(biāo)過(guò)程中贏得新合同。該公司在中國(guó)生產(chǎn)襪子，將會(huì)在未來(lái)4年為英軍提供250萬(wàn)雙襪子。而此前有128年歷史的英國(guó)HJ Hall制襪公司為英國(guó)陸?？杖娞峁┮m子已有80年的歷史，此次卻與價(jià)值5百萬(wàn)英鎊的訂單擦肩而過(guò)。

　　An MoD spokesman said: "Following an open tender process, a new contract to provide socks was awarded to Cooneen Watts & Stone, who offered the best value for money to meet our requirements. “

　　英國(guó)國(guó)防部發(fā)言人稱：“經(jīng)過(guò)一系列公開(kāi)溫和的招標(biāo)流程，‘酷尼公司’以其優(yōu)良的性價(jià)比滿足了軍方的需求，從而贏得該合同。”