留美老师带你每天说英文 第1082期:不懂得变通的企业
2020-09-28来源:和谐英语
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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
These are businesses that never adapted. They cross their fingers that this internet thing would be a fad and kept selling the exact same products that Amazon is great for.
这些企业永远不懂得变通。他们期盼着这种网络购物只是一时的流行而已,然后继续销售那些跟亚马逊网站所擅长销售的产品一模一样的商品。
学习重点:
1.adapt 使适应
adapt (v.) 使适应
acclimate (v.)
fit (v.) 适合的
2.to cross one's fingers 祈求好运;希望
to cross one's fingers (phr.) 祈求好运;希望
3.fad 一时的流行
fad (n.) 一时的流行
trend (n.) 趋势;时尚
craze (n.) 狂热;风尚