五部強片直衝百億美元
According to statistics from Comscore, Disney has had a great year in 2019, with five films each earning more than USD 1 billion worldwide, and the company reaching nearly USD 10 billion in total global box office sales.
根據研調機構Comscore的統計數字指出，2019年是迪士尼風風光光的一年，除了有五部強檔賣破10億美元之外，全球總票房更直逼100億美元。
statistic統計資料earn(v.)=make money賺錢
So what’s the secret behind Disney’s huge success?
到底迪士尼成功的秘密是什麼？
secret(n.)秘密huge=very big巨大的success(n.)成功
It was not all plain sailing for Disney this year.
2019年對迪士尼而言其實不太順遂，
plain sailing一帆風順、順暢=smooth sailing
The studio was facing a decline in the first and second quarters.
迪士尼在今年頭兩個季度都面臨虧損，
studio工作室decline(n.,v.)下跌=drop=fallquarter(n.)季度
It wasn’t until the release of “Lion King,”, “Avengers: Endgame,”, “Toy Story 4,”, “Aladdin” and “Captain Marvel” that Disney started to turn the tables.
直到這五部強檔，《獅子王》、《復仇者聯盟：終局之戰》、《玩具總動員4》、《阿拉丁》和《驚奇隊長》上映後，才扭轉原本的窘況。
release(n, v.)釋出、上映、發行turn the tables=turn the tide=turn thingsaround扭轉局面、逆轉勝
These five films became the keys to the company’s grand performance in 2019;
這五部強片正是迪士尼今年亮眼表現的關鍵，
key關鍵grand=huge巨大的performance表現
each of these films brought in more than USD 1 billion at the box office.
而票房也都各各也都賣破10億美元大關。
bring in money=earn賺進
It all came down to CEO Robert Iger’s bold move to merge other studios and companies.
這全都要歸功於執行長勞勃．艾格的大膽併購計畫，
come down to歸因於、總結為bold move大膽的一步merge(v.)併購、merger(n.)公司合併
Three out of the five above-mentioned films are from the studio that Iger had proposed to merge, that is, Pixar and Marvel.
這五部片當中的三部就是由艾格提議併購的工作室製作，也就是皮克斯以及漫威，
three out of five五個其中三個above-mentioned(adj.)上述提及的propose to提議that is也就是;亦即=that is to say=namely
Iger’s vision for Disney accomplishing this year’s success speaks for itself.
艾格的眼光對迪斯尼本年度的成功貢獻不言而喻。
vision(n.)眼光accomplish(v.)達成、accomplishment(n.)成就speak for oneself 不言自明、有目共睹