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n across the board. I want Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and ,我希望平板電腦市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)強(qiáng)烈。我想可口可樂(lè)和百事可樂(lè),塔吉特公司和沃爾瑪,癮科技和 Giz modo都這樣?!卑?Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and Gizmodo作為范例,說(shuō)明行業(yè)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)越來(lái)越激烈。 ? (33) What does the phrase to keep its feet to the fire in the last paragraph mean? ? A. To place Apple39。s feet close to the fire. ? B. To pressure Apple into intensifying its petition. 蘋(píng)果的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)壓力加劇。 ? C. To force Apple to dance hard on the fire. ? D. To advise Apple to strategically drop its side products. ? [答案 ] B。 ? [解析 ]第五段第一句話中的 to keep its feet to the fire愿意為:給某人非肉體的壓力,以迫使他同意做他不太愿意做的事,即給某人施加壓力與 to pressure同義。 ? (34) Why does the author start with the car industry before he focuses on tablet market? ? A. Because he treats the car industry as the key point for his writing. ? B. Because the car industry is more important than tablet market. ? C. Because he uses the car analogy(類(lèi)比 )for a more effective argumentation. 他用汽車(chē)類(lèi)比作更有效的論證。 ? D. Because the model of the car is far more popular in the market. ? [答案 ] C。 ? [解析 ]由于家用小轎車(chē)是令人關(guān)注的產(chǎn)業(yè),生產(chǎn)的廠家多,必然造成競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的殘酷性。把它類(lèi)比做平板電腦的生產(chǎn)廠家,說(shuō)明其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)也很殘酷。 三 Important words and expressions. ? (1)breed:產(chǎn)生,導(dǎo)致; ? .: they are unemployed it39。s bound to breed resentment. ? 如果他們失去工作,一定會(huì)產(chǎn)生怨恨。 ? breeds violence. ? 暴力會(huì)催生更多暴力。 (2)excellence: (在質(zhì)量 /品質(zhì)方面 ) 不能將就,要精益求精。 ? .: art has reached a high degree of excellence. ? 他的藝術(shù)已達(dá)到爐火純青的地步。 ? 2. 我的表演離優(yōu)秀還差得遠(yuǎn)呢。 ? My performance is far below excellence. ? (3)sedan n. 美語(yǔ) 小轎車(chē) ? .: parents own a Ford sedan. ? 我父母有一輛“福特”牌轎車(chē)。 ? 。 ? The driver turned the sedan about. ? (4)segment 部分 。片段 ? .: pany dominates this segment of the market. ? 這家公司控制著這一部分市場(chǎng)。 ? day cruises are the fastestgrowing segment of the market. ? 3 至 5 天的乘船游覽是該市場(chǎng)中發(fā)展最快的部分 ? V 劃分 (市場(chǎng) ) ? .: big six record panies are multinational, and thus can segment the world market into national ones. ? 六大唱片公司都是跨國(guó)經(jīng)營(yíng),因此能夠?qū)⑹澜缡袌?chǎng)按國(guó)家劃分。 ? (5)fighting tooth and nail激烈爭(zhēng)斗 ? .:1. The twins fight tooth and nail over the slightest disagreement. ? 這對(duì)雙胞胎為了一點(diǎn)兒小矛盾而吵得不可開(kāi)交。 ? 2. The whole profession fight tooth and nail against it. ? 同行的全體人員都極力反對(duì)。 ? (6)in retreat在撤退 ? .:1. Yet there is no peace, there39。s no honor and there39。s no security in retreat. ? 然而,沒(méi)有和平,沒(méi)有尊重,撤退就沒(méi)有的安全保障! ? spent a few days in retreat. ? 他暫時(shí)退隱了幾天。 ? 。 ? The army was in retreat to the west. ? (7)in Motion在開(kāi)動(dòng)中,在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)中 ? .:39。t open the door while the train is in motion. ? 列車(chē)運(yùn)行時(shí),請(qǐng)勿打開(kāi)車(chē)門(mén)。 ? 。 ? 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(lái)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(shuō)他想念她。 ? 。 ? He knew she had accepted without afterthought. ? (9)trail 跟在 …… 后面; ? (在比賽或其他競(jìng)賽中)落后 ; ? .: scored again, leaving Dartford trailing 30 at the break... ? 他又進(jìn)球了 ,使得中場(chǎng)休息時(shí)達(dá)特福德隊(duì)以 3: 0 落后。 ? polls showed the Tories trailed behind the Government by 17 per cent. ? 民調(diào)顯示,保守黨落后于政府 17 個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。 ? (10)pack產(chǎn)生巨大影響;震撼 ? .:. Somerset Maugham39。s novel still packs an emotional punch. ? 威廉 薩默塞特 毛姆的小說(shuō)仍具有強(qiáng)烈的情感沖擊力。 ? (在競(jìng)賽中)領(lǐng)先其他對(duì)手 ? .: 1. Europe has got used to following rather t