2017叶兴国商务英语阅读教程1第二版课件Unit 2.pptxVIP

Unit 2 Soaring China;Background Information;Alibaba Group Holding Limited (阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司) is a Chinese e-commerce company that provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales services via web portals. It also provides electronic payment services, a shopping search engine and data-centric cloud computing services. ;It is the world's biggest and most valuable retailer as of April 2016, surpassing Walmart, with operations in over 200 countries, as well as one of the largest Internet companies. Its online sales and profits surpassed all US retailers (including Walmart, Amazon and eBay) combined since 2015.It has been expanding into media industry, with revenues rising 3-digit percents year on year. ;As of September 2017, Alibaba's market cap stood at US$455.46 billion. It is one of the top 10 most valuable and biggest companies in the world. In 2017, Alibaba became the first Asian company to break the US$400 billion value mark. ;Pre-reading Questions;Reading Skills;Text A Clicks to Brick;2. Macy’s and Costco, two big American retailers, have already agreed deals to use T-mall Global, one of Alibaba’s online platforms, to sell goods to Chinese shoppers with fewer delays and customs hassles than they had previously faced… 译文：美国两大零售商梅西百货和好市多公司都已签署协议，同意使用阿里巴巴的网络平台天猫国际将货物卖给中国购物者，从而减少一些此前遭遇的延误和海关麻烦。 注释：此句中customs表示海关，如：customs officer 海关官员， customs declaration 报关单;3. Alibaba is also ploughing ahead with cloud computing. Its business, Aliyun, is China’s largest cloud provider. 译文：阿里巴巴也正在云计算领域奋力前行。他旗下的企业阿里云就是中国最大的云服务供应商。 注释：云计算（cloud computing）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。Plough ahead 可理解为“奋力前行，奋勇前进”。如： As far as I’m concerned there’s a need to plough ahead with the discoveries and applications of nanotechnology. 我认为有必要进一步推动纳米技术领域的发现和应用。;4. Still, if even some of these big bets pay off, Mr. Ma’s trillion dollar dream just might come true. 译文：然而，这些大赌注中只要有一些能成功，马先生的万亿美元梦就可能成真。 注释：pay off 指“得到好结果”。如：I believe t