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CRI听力:Proview or Apple, Who Will be the Winner in the iPad Trademark War?

2012-02-21来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. On Friday, Yang attended a press conference held by Proview in order to comment upon the ongoing case regarding the infringement of the iPad trademark.

in order to为了
例句:We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。
comment upon评论,谈论,对…提意见
例句:He commented upon the weather.
他就天气发表了看法。

2. Mei Xinyu, a researcher at China's Ministry of Commerce Research Institute, says even though Proview intends to save itself from bankruptcy by requesting a huge amount of compensation from Apple, the company should not be criticized or blamed.

save from从…中救出, 使免受
例句:Luckily our precious records were saved from the fire.
幸运地, 我们这些珍贵的记录从火灾中抢救了出来。

3. In December of last year, Proview-Shenzhen won a court case against Apple in Shenzhen, which ruled that Apple's use of the term iPad infringed upon Proview's trademark.

infringe upon侵犯,侵害(某人的自由、权益等)
例句:The media is accused of infringing upon people’s privacy.
人们指责媒体侵犯了大家的隐私。

4. Proview's use of the term iPad comes from an acronym for the Internet Personal Access Device, a product that Proview began developing in 1998.

come from源自
例句:Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

5. In an e-mail from Proview Taiwan, the company mentions that they pledged to sign a mainland iPad trademark transfer agreement after Apple gave them the sum they agreed upon.

agree upon对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句:As soon as the details had been agreed upon, the results would be proclaimed.
一旦细节问题取得一致意见, 结果将予以公布。

6. Trademark officials in various Chinese cities started removing iPads from store shelves after assuming that these iPads infringed upon Proview-Shenzhen's trademark. Li Yahong predicts that the Apple-Proview trademark battle will have a negative impact upon the potential marketing of Apple's third version of the iPad, which is expected to hit the market in the near future.

have an impact upon对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句:This book have a far-reaching impact upon readers.
这本书对读者产生了长远影响。