Amazon's empire
Day 1 单词作业
Words and phrases:
1. HBO
=Home Box Office, a US cable television company that mostly shows films
2. cable television
(also `cablevision) system of broadcasting television programmes by cable to subscribers 缆线电视; 有线电视
3. almond
n. [食品] 杏仁；杏仁粉
4. sprinkler 洒水装置
5. ground for
Ground (for sth/doing sth/to do sth)
reason or justification for saying, doing or believing sth 说、做或相信某事的原因或理由
e.g.: You have no grounds for complaint/for complaining.
6. tick off
a. BrE: (informal) to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them or disapprove of them 责骂，斥责
e.g.: Mrs Watts will tick you off if you're late again.
b. BrE: to mark the things on a list with a tick to show that they have been dealt with, chosen etc （表示已核对、正确等）记号，对号
(American Equivalent: check off)
e.g.: As you finish each task, tick it off. Have you ticked off Kate's name on the list?
c. AmE: informal to annoy someone
e.g.: Her attitude is really ticking me off.
d. AmE: to tell someone a list of things, especially when you touch a different finger as you say each thing on the list 列举，简略地描述
e.g.: Carville began ticking off points on his fingers.
7. pitfall
(动物等的) 陷阱;未料到的危险[困难],陷阱
8. nudge
to almost reach a particular level or amount 达到，接近
e.g.: Outside the temperature was nudging 30 degrees Celsius.
9. beef up
If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it. 加强，补充（人数、兵力）等； 使更大（更好、更有意思等）
e.g.: Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
10. basket case
a. If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state. （经济或金融）困境
e.g.: The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
b. If you describe someone as a basket case, you think that they are insane. 精神失常者
e.g.: You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
11. whinge about
to keep complaining in an annoying way 抱怨不止
12. streaming video
when you play sound or video on your computer while it is being broadcast over the Internet, instead of downloading it and saving it into a file so that you can listen to it or watch it later
13. entice
try to tempt or persuade sb, usually by offering sth pleasant or a reward 诱惑; 诱使; 怂恿
14. whirl about/around/toward
to turn or spin around very quickly, or to make someone or something do this
15. heady
very exciting in a way that makes you feel as if you can do anything you want to令人激动的
16. prophecy
statement that tells what will happen in the future 预言
17. debacle
sudden and complete failure; fiasco 突然的大失败; 惨败
18. crank out
to produce a lot of something very quickly
e.g.: He cranked out three novels last year.
19. time frame
The time frame of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops. (FORMAL) 时间范围；[电子] 时间帧
time-frame（用于某事的）一段时间,时帧
Time-frame effect 时限效应
Time-frame set 时间限期 ; 有时间限制 ; 有时间限期
20. wingspan
the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other
21. reminiscent of
a. reminding one of or suggesting sb/sth 使人回想或联想起
b. having a tendency to reminisce 怀旧的; 好缅怀往事的: in a reminiscent mood 以怀旧的心情.
22. conglomerate
large corporation formed by merging several different firms （通过合并若干企业而组建的）大公司, 企业集团
23. bloated 膨胀的
24. air freight 航空运费；空运的货物
25. drone 无人机
26. pristine 保持本来面貌的,未受损害的
27. boon
thing that one is thankful for; benefit; advantage 所感激的事; 好处; 利益
28. pose a problem 造成(导致)问题
29. adjacent
adjacent (to sth) situated near or next to sth; close or touching 与某物邻近的; 毗连的; 接近的; 相接触的
30. chip away
chip away (at)
If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts.
31. predatory pricing
If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market. (BUSINESS) (为击垮竞争对手的)掠夺性定价
32. beast
brutal or disgusting person 野蛮的人; 令人生厌的人
Sentence structure:
1. Never before has a company been worth so much for so long while making so little money: 92% of its value is due to profits expected after 2020.
否定副词在句首，主谓部分倒装
2. That is because investors anticipate both an extraordinary rise in revenue, from sales of $136bn last year to half a trillion over the next decade, and a jump in profits.
Day 2逻辑导图+神句翻译
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Day 3 总结反思
