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careful about the familysedan segment ? D. paying more attention to their tooth and nail ? [答案 ] A。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 don39。t about whether you prefer Apple or Android for your table . ? isn39。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 like Apple, you want someone else in the game so that Apple doesn39。t about picking sides. As a consumer, I want there to be robust petition across the board. I want Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and Gizmodo. ? If you39。s market share by 50 percentage points. ? Apple is not just ahead of the pack, it almost is the pack. Now, some would say that this is also a simple result of economic laws at work: Apple makes a superior product, therefore it gets most of the sales. But what would be really great is that, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and H. P. , locked in an epic battle for tablet supremacy, are each releasing new and better products at a furious pace, and each dropping prices substantially at a steady clip. ? Apple is driving innovation and creativity with each upgrade of the iPad it releases. But this isn39。Passage Three ? Competition breeds excellence. Ask anyone who pays attention to the car industry and they will tell you that the familysedan segment is just brutal, with manufacturers fighting tooth and nail over every sale. In fact, that market has bee more petitive in recent years. 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 products. It39。s a great time to be shopping for a new family sedan. ? Compare that with the state of the tablet market today. HewlettPackard is in retreat. Research in Motion is in a holding pattern. Motorola has been sold and its tablet is now an afterthought. Samsung fights the good fight, but it trails Apple39。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 don39。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 Ac