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英语课

By George Dwyer
Washington, D.C.
24 July 2006
 
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Google Inc., the U.S.-based web search firm, announced last week its profits have more than doubled in the most recent quarter. The company has managed to avoid the seasonal 1 slump 2 that has hit its rivals, Yahoo and eBay.


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Last week's earnings 3 figures significantly beat market expectations, and sent shares of Google up nearly two percent in after hours trading on Thursday. Google's revenue rose 77 percent to $2.46 billion, with its second-quarter net income up sharply to $721 million.



Dr. Eric Schmidt, Google CEO  
  
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, "I think this shows that the model is working -- that the structure, the innovation, and the focus that we have on our business, and especially on our end-users, is really delivering good financial returns for everyone."


Rival firm Yahoo posted second quarter profits this week as well, but those were modest and more in line with market expectations. Word that Yahoo had postponed 4 a planned upgrade to an advertising 5 system designed to compete with Google is believed to have contributed on Tuesday to Yahoo's biggest one-day percentage decline ever. By contrast, Google confirmed it plans to increase its investment in upgraded hardware and improved networks.


"Google is focused as being the innovator 6 on the Internet, and end-users have a right to have products that scale, that work, that are simple and that work everywhere," said the company's CEO. "Google is building that platform. Google is building those solutions. We have a lot more coming."


One of the firm's latest initiatives, called Google Checkout 7, has caught on fast with online shoppers and sellers. It provides single source "log-in for purchase capability 8" by identifying secure places to shop within online search results.


"We are very happy with Google Checkout so far for our end users. The end users can now get their products even more quickly, and even more reliably, and Google checkout makes that happen that much faster," said Schmidt.


Google's current growth rates are now three-to-four times higher than those of its closest competitors.  But industry analysts 9 are debating when -- or even whether -- the current slow growth in the industry will affect Google as it has its rivals.



adj.季节的,季节性的
  • The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
  • The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
n.改革者;创新者
  • The young technical innovator didn't lose heart though the new system was not yet brought into a workable condition. 尽管这种新方法尚未达到切实可行的状况,这位青年技术革新者也没有泄气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Caesar planned vast projects and emerged as a great innovator. 恺撒制定了庞大的革新计划。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
n.(超市等)收银台,付款处
  • Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
  • A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
学英语单词
accumulation of labour
acoustic resonance deviation
adsorbing substance
Balaamites
barbie-dolls
benzalacetic acid
branch long-lived assets
bunching space
carving instrument
costae arcuariae fluctuantes
cowriting
crafternoon
cut a little figure
description of invention
deserti
double eight
edit controller
Elfreda
Elisabeth
emancipatist
f.s.
fadge
fault monitoring system
field device
fifty-one a.r
finned-tube
first aid appliance
fubing system
gaziano
Hammer code
handbikes
higher temperature
hilbert
hot-press
hydraulic down stroke press
hymnologist
in-mould decorating
inclined end post
incremental digital computer
insulinotardic
intestinal infantilism
iron glycerophosphate
Jakhaura
Kanasene
longitudinal pass partition plate
made whole
Marks Tey
material standards
MCBR
micafolium shellac paper
michael scofield
Montréal-Nord
Moyamba
multi-tubing wellhead
multihole wire drawing machine
murtaugh
mute control
my favorites
Newtonian friction law
Nzingu
pain-free
pair of stations
parallel spinning
part assembly drawing
penicillin toranto
phlogisticated air
PMLG
process colour printing
producing horizons
prunus japonica var.engleri koehne
pump double acting
radiciseta blechni
reactionism
recursion formation principle
riding buckler
rodent poison bait
rough match
scunthorpes
semantic component
shipping administration bureau
size theory
spides
static attribute
stress-corrosion cracking
suspension insulator set
tephroite
tertiary hyperparathyroidism
Tiong, Gunong
tippler pocket
towage bill
turbo-power unit
uky
unilateralist
unspell
Veronica henryi
vitrectomy unit
wageworkers
westrop
xenon photocoagulator
zerosequence
zuccary