VOA常速英语:International Trademark Laws Vital to Global Businesses

短语讲解：

1. Companies go to great lengths to protect their trademarks and logos.

go to great lengths不遗余力, 竭尽全力
例句：She'll go to great lengths to get promotion.
为了得到提升, 她什么都干得出来。

2. So children actually see a lot of trademarks and have a lot to do with trademarks.

do with与…有关
例句：I'm interested in anything to do with music.
凡与音乐有关的事我都感兴趣。

3. Trademark violations can hurt a business' reputation, and its bottom line.

bottom line基本意思(或情况),概要
例句：The corporation's bottom line is a good profit margin.
公司的基本要求是好的利润。

4. Last year, U.S. officials seized almost $200 million worth of counterfeit products, which looked like the real thing.

look like看起来与(某人或某物)相像〔相似〕
例句：He looks like a scholar.
他看上去像个学者。

5. So we don't want people to be taken advantage of, go online pay $300 for a test, get a diploma and realize that it was actually not a GED test that can be used for job or for a college entrance.

take advantage of利用
例句：He took advantage of the good weather to go for a walk.
他趁着天气好,出去散散步。
pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

6. But we think over the next couple of years this bar will be all over the world

think over仔细考虑
例句：You have heard the proposal; now go away and think it over.
你已听了这项提议, 现在去仔细想想。

7. Holms adds that he is now thinking of ways to protect his name as a trademark in the global marketplace.

think of考虑
例句：He's thinking of studying abroad.
他正在考虑出国学习。