CRI听力:Courier Industry Dilemma

短语讲解：

1. There is a saying about the dilemma in the courier industry: being the first to increase prices is equal to suicide, but keeping prices low is just waiting for death.

equal to等于,胜任
例句：A dime is equal to 10 cents.
一角的硬币相当于十美分。
wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。

2. "If the service worth the price, I don't mind paying for that."

pay for为…付钱
例句：How much did you pay for the book?
那本书你付了多少钱?

3. However, one expert says the service provided by those courier companies is still far from customers' expectations.

far from远非, 不但不…
例句：His work is far from perfect.
他的工作远非十全十美。

4. As these courier companies have yet to adequately prepare for a period of rapid development, the only way they compete with each other is through price wars.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

5. Therefore, supporting services and information systems are ignored by these companies, who are striving to walk with quicker steps to catch up with the booming e-commerce industry.

catch up with赶上
例句：Let's hurry and catch up with the group ahead.
我们快点,赶上前面的那一伙人。

6. And the future trend of the courier industry's development is to provide standardized improved services that are well adapted to transport networks.

adapt to变得习惯于…, 使适应于, 能应付…
例句：I adapted quickly to the new climate.
我很快地适应了这种新的气候。

7. Some experts also suggest that the government set up an industry association, like the Express Delivery and Logistics Association which was established in the US in 1976, which has brought good regulation to a sector that has developed global leading express delivery groups like UPS and Federal Express.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。