电子商务专业英语教程.ppt

Unit 1 Text A Overview of Electronic Commerce 1.embark on start or engage in (esp sth. new or difficult) e.g. 1. He embarked on a new enterprise. 他着手创办新企业。 2. Early in the morning they embarked on the ship for Shanghai. 他们一早就登上了开往上海的轮船。 3. The world has now embarked on a microelectronic revolution that is expected to the industrial revolution in the breadth and speed of cultural and technological changes it makes. 现在世界已经开始了一场微电子革命，预计这场革命在它引起的文化和技术变革的广度和速度方面，有可能超过产业革命。 4. He embarked on a new path to provide systems to link every machine in an office: telephone, as machines, computers, all working together seamlessly. 他开始提供一种可以使办公室内的所有机器都能连线作业的系统:电话、传真机、电脑全都能一起工作。 2.engage in cause sb. to take part in or be occupied in sth. e.g. 1. He has engaged in farming for 20 years.他从事农业20年。 2 . I have no time to engage in gossip.我没有时间说闲话。 3. They are engaged in import and export.他们做进出口贸易。 3. in that For the reason that ,because. e.g. I like the city, but I like the country better in that I have more friends in the country. 我喜欢城市，但我更喜欢农村，因为在农村我有许多朋友。 Criticism and self criticism is necessary in that it helps us correct our mistakes 批评和自我批评之所以必要就在于他能够帮助我们纠正错误。 3. Whereas 然而, 反之, 鉴于, 尽管, 但是 Whereas the peoples of the colonies have been grieved and burdened with taxes... 鉴于各殖民地民众备受重税负担之苦 They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat. 他们想要一座房子, 而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。 Some people like fat meat, whereas others hate it. 有些人喜欢肥肉，相反有些人讨厌肥肉。 He earns 8000 a year whereas she gets at least 20000. 他一年挣8000英镑而她至少可获20000英镑。 4. From a service perspective, EC is a tool that addresses the desire of firms, consumers… Address deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression Two major problems have yet to be addressed 两个主要问题仍有待解决。 Most packet-filtering technologies have not addressed all security requirements. 多数包过滤技术没有满足所有的安全要求。 5. From… perspective From a network