【正文】 ? It is dangerous to lean out of the window while the bus is in motion. ? (8)afterthought n. 事后的考慮或想法；事后再想起；后來添加的東西 ? .: as an afterthought he added that he missed her. ? 他又幾乎不假思索地補(bǔ)充說他想念她。 ? .: art has reached a high degree of excellence. ? 他的藝術(shù)已達(dá)到爐火純青的地步。 ? (32) The author brings in the pairs of Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and Gizmodo() to make . ? A. a parison B. a contrast C. an abstraction抽象性 D. an exemplification n. 例證，范例 ? [答案 ] D。s a great time to be shopping for a new family sedan. Para. 2: ? that with the state of the tablet market today. ? is in retreat. ? in Motion is in a holding pattern. ? has been sold and its tablet is now an afterthought. ? fights the good fight, but it trails Apple39。t suck all the air out of the room. And you want Apple to do the same pushing and footscorching to its petitor that another pany would do to it. ? 一 Steps: ? the 1st paragraph and do Ex 29 and 30. ? 2. Read the 3rd paragraph and do Ex 31 ? 3. Read the 4th paragraph and do Ex 32 ? 4. Read the 5th paragraph and do Ex 33 ? 5. Paraphrase sentence by sentence and explain the important words and expressions and long and difficult sentences. ? 6. Check the exercises. Para. 1: ? 1. Competition breeds excellence. ? anyone who pays attention to the car industry and they will tell you that the family sedan segment is just brutal, with manufacturers fighting tooth and nail over every sale. ? fact, that market has bee more petitive in recent years. ? used to just be the Camry and the Accord fighting for supremacy, but now you have new (Hyundai) and old (Ford) petitors, among others, joining the fight with interesting, wellmade, pelling products. ? 39?！闭f明只用研發(fā)新產(chǎn)品和降低產(chǎn)品價格才會吸引顧客，才能占據(jù)市場，故要調(diào)整平板電腦生產(chǎn)銷售策略。 (2)excellence: (在質(zhì)量 /品質(zhì)方面 ) 不能將就，要精益求精。 ? 。 ? 。堅固的 。在不到一年的時間內(nèi)， Engadget就讓 Gizmodo黯然失色。 ? (24)Push: 推，推動；促進(jìn) ? our efforts are pushing towards a reanization system. ? 我們正盡一切努力去整頓系統(tǒng)。 ? 2. Ade was furious at heart. ? (28)Substantially: adv. 本質(zhì)上，實質(zhì)上；充分地；相當(dāng)多地 ? .: price may go up quite substantially. ? 價格可能大大上揚 . ? price was substantially higher than had been expected. ? 價格比預(yù)計的要高很多。 ? 不過是事后的想法。 ? ，其實其他的公司也會對它作這種推動。 ? 。 ? ? (26)locked：卷入或陷于（困境、爭論、爭執(zhí)等） ? Discussions are locked in stalemate. ? 討論陷于僵局。我們確實需要他的生意，所以你要盡你最大的努力來促使他同意簽約。羅杰斯曾是科技博客 Gizmodo的創(chuàng)始編輯。 ? released yesterday show retail sales were down in March. ? 昨天公布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示零售額在 3月份有所下滑。s law at work? ? 這完全是運氣背呢 ,還是墨菲定律在起作用呢？ ? (12)epic ，壯麗的， ? (13)supremacy n. 至高無上；最高權(quán)力；最高地位；霸權(quán) ? (14)drive 由 … 驅(qū)動和推動 。s no security in retreat. ? 然而，沒有和平，沒有尊重，撤退就沒有的安全保障！ ? spent a few days in retreat. ? 他暫時退隱了幾天。把它類比做平板電腦的生產(chǎn)廠家，說明其競爭也很殘酷。 ? [解析 ]第一段的第四句話“ It used to just be the Camry and the Accord fighting for supremacy, but now you have new (Hyundai) and old (Ford) petitors, among others, joining the fight with interesting, wellmade, pelling 爭奪霸權(quán)，但是現(xiàn)在又有了新現(xiàn)代和老福特這樣的競爭對手，還有其他的一些對手，它們帶著有趣、制作精良、令人信服具有競爭力的產(chǎn)品加入競爭。t about whether you prefer Apple or Android for your table . This isn39。re a fan of Apple, you want there to be a worthy rival to push it, to keep its feet to the fire. ? If you