專業(yè)詞匯
Cloud Computing
? ? 云計算是一種新興的商業(yè)計算模型。它將計算任務(wù)分布在大量計算機構(gòu)成的資源池上，使各種應(yīng)用系統(tǒng)能夠根據(jù)需要獲取計算力、存儲空間和各種軟件服務(wù)。
1.cable channels 有線電視頻道
Eg.We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
1.almond n.杏仁
2.half a trillion n. 5000億
1.speakers linked to a virtual voice-activated assistant 鏈接了虛擬語音助手的揚聲器
2.With a market capitalisation of some $400bn 市場資本額為4000億的...
EG.
3.Ground for scepticism does not come much more fertile than this：沒有比這更能引起質(zhì)疑的了
shareholders 股東
? ?shareholders meeting 股東大會
jump 激增
? ?Prices jumped by 60% last year.價格暴漲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.
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:?毫無能力和希望的情景；形容那些很窮的國家，它們的人民饑寒交迫，毫無希望。老是虧錢，即將倒閉的企業(yè)。
