[時事英文] The SD-03 It’s a car. It’s a plane. No, it’s the SD-03! ★★★★★★★★★★★★ In the 1880s, the first automobile was developed and about two decades later, the Wright brothers in North Carolina invented the first successful airplane. Today, the world is closer to combining those two concepts as a Japanese tech company said it completed a manned test flight of a “flying car.” ．invent 發明 ． tech company 科技公司 ． combine two concepts 結合兩個概念 ． a test flight 試飛 19世紀80年代開發出了第一輛汽車，大約20年後，北卡羅萊納州的萊特兄弟發明了第一架成功的飛機。今天，世界距離將這兩個概念結合起來更近了，一家日本科技公司表示已完成了「飛行汽車」的載人試飛。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ The company, SkyDrive, said in a news release on Friday that it had completed a flight test using “the world’s first manned testing machine,” its SD-03 model, an electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. The flight time was four minutes, the company said. ． a news release 新聞發布 ． complete a flight test 完成飛行測試 ． manned (adj.) 載人的 ; 有人駕駛的, 有人操縱的 ． unmanned （太空船或崗哨）無人 ． vertical takeoff and landing 垂直起降 週五，SkyDrive公司在一份新聞稿中表示，該公司已經完成「世界上第一台載人測試機」——該公司的SD-03型電動垂直起降(eVTOL)飛行器——的飛行測試。公司表示飛行時間為四分鐘。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 完整《紐約時報》文章: https://nyti.ms/3eEnLtx 時事英文講義：https://bit.ly/2XmRYXc ★★★★★★★★★★★★ #EEL時事英文 #科技時事英文

[時事英文] This Japanese Shop's Secret to Success 日本千年老鋪的成功秘訣 Like many businesses in Japan, Naomi Hasegawa’s family’s shop, Ichiwa, takes the long view — albeit longer than most. By putting tradition and stability over profit and growth, Ichiwa has weathered wars, plagues, natural disasters, and the rise and fall of empires. Through it all, its rice flour cakes have remained the same. take the long view 長遠打算 albeit 雖然，儘管* put sth over sth 將…置於…之上 tradition and stability 傳統與穩定 profit and growth 利潤和增長 weather (v.)** wars 經歷了戰爭 the rise and fall of empires 王朝的興衰 remain the same 始終不變 ; 保持不變 與日本許多企業一樣，她家的小店「一和(Ichiwa）」做的是長遠打算——只不過比大多數店都長罷了。將傳統與穩定置於利潤和增長之上，一和經歷了戰爭、瘟疫、自然災害和王朝興衰。在這一切之中，它的麻薯味道始終不變。 *Albeit can never be used to introduce an independent clause, unlike although. ** weather: 平安渡過（困境）；經受住 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ Such enterprises may be less dynamic than those in other countries. But their resilience offers lessons for businesses in places like the United States, where the coronavirus has forced tens of thousands into bankruptcy. an enterprise 組織；（尤指）公司，企業；（尤指營利性的、艱巨而重大的）計劃，事業 dynamic 思維活躍的；活潑的，充滿活力的，精力充沛的* resilience 韌性 ; 有彈性；能復原；有復原力；適應性強 offer lessons for 為…提供經驗，教訓 be forced into 導致…; 被強迫… bankruptcy 破產 這樣的企業可能在活力上不如其他國家的企業。但它的韌性能為其他地方的企業提供經驗，比如在新冠病毒已經導致成千上萬企業破產的美國。 *dynamic: https://bit.ly/39RRnTD ★★★★★★★★★★★★ “If you look at the economics textbooks, enterprises are supposed to be maximizing profits, scaling up their size, market share and growth rate. But these companies’ operating principles are completely different,” said Kenji Matsuoka, a professor emeritus of business at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. economics textbooks 經濟學教科書 maximize profits 利潤最大化 scale up 擴大規模 market share 市場份額 growth rate 提高增長率 operating principles 經營原則 professor emeritus 名譽教授 「看經濟學教科書，你會覺得企業應該追求利潤最大化，擴大規模、市場份額以及提高增長率。但這些企業的經營原則完全不同，」京都龍谷大學(Ryukoku University)的商學名譽教授松岡健次(Kenji Matsuoka)說。 profit: https://bit.ly/2VPMYbR ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 文章來自《紐約時報》 完整報導: https://nyti.ms/3lQ4szm ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 時事英文講義：https://bit.ly/2XmRYXc ##EEL時事英文 #財經時事英文

[時事英文] 臉書被告壟斷 Something tells me that they are not friends on Facebook. ★★★★★★★★★★★★ The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook, alleging that the company is illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct. sue 起訴；控告 social networking 社交網路 anticompetitive conduct 反競爭的行為 monopoly (n.) 獨佔；壟斷 聯邦貿易委員會今天起訴Facebook，並指控該公司為了維持其個人社交網路的壟斷地位而進行長達數年的非法反競爭行為。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ Following a lengthy investigation in cooperation with a coalition of attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, the complaint alleges that Facebook has engaged in a systematic strategy—including its 2012 acquisition of up-and-coming rival Instagram, its 2014 acquisition of the mobile messaging app WhatsApp, and the imposition of anticompetitive conditions on software developers—to eliminate threats to its monopoly. a lengthy investigation 漫長的調查 a coalition of ～的聯盟、合作 attorney general 檢察總長 a systematic strategy 系統性的策略 up-and-coming rival 新興的競爭對手 imposition 徵收；強加 anticompetitive conditions 反競爭的條件 software developers 軟體開發人員 eliminate threats 消除威脅 在與46個州、哥倫比亞特區和關島的檢察總長一起合作進行了長時間的調查之後，他們指稱Facebook採取了系統性的策略：它分別在2012年收購了新興的競爭對手Instagram、在2014年收購了手機通訊程式WhatsApp，並為了消除自身壟斷的威脅而對軟體開發人員施加了反競爭條件。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 資料來源: 聯邦貿易委員會 https://bit.ly/3m6Za2m ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 時事英文講義：https://bit.ly/2XmRYXc 【國際新聞英文】https://bit.ly/36ucwRZ #EEL時事英文 #財經時事英文