[day1]words and phrases of Amazon's Empire——B19713

专业词汇

Cloud Computing

    云计算是一种新兴的商业计算模型。它将计算任务分布在大量计算机构成的资源池上，使各种应用系统能够根据需要获取计算力、存储空间和各种软件服务。

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1.cable channels 有线电视频道

Eg.We can receive up to 500 cable channels.

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1.almond n.杏仁

2.half a trillion n. 5000亿

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1.speakers linked to a virtual voice-activated assistant 链接了虚拟语音助手的扬声器

2.With a market capitalisation of some $400bn 市场资本额为4000亿的...

EG.

3.Ground for scepticism does not come much more fertile than this：没有比这更能引起质疑的了

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shareholders 股东

   shareholders meeting 股东大会

jump 激增

   Prices jumped by 60% last year.价格暴涨60%

premise n.前提

    the basic premise of her argument

It is easy to tick off some of the pitfalls. 

Rivals will not stand still. Microsoft has cloud-computing ambitions; Walmart already has revenues nudging $500bn and is beefing up(strengthening) online. 

If anything happened to Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and boss, the gap would be exceptionally hard to fill. 

But the striking thing about the company is how much of a chance it has of achieving such unprecedented goals.

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tick off

pitfalls

But the striking thing about the company ishow much of a chanceit has of achieving such unprecedented goals.

A new sort of basket-case

Basket case: 毫无能力和希望的情景；形容那些很穷的国家，它们的人民饥寒交迫，毫无希望。老是亏钱，即将倒闭的企业。