CCTV9英语新闻：美国电商利用阿里巴巴的物流基础设施进军中国市场

 Good news for China's online shoppers--a new player. US e-commerce firm ShopRunnber is getting help from Alibaba to grab a slice of the Chinese market. ShopRunner is one of Amazon.com’s major rivals in the U.S. and it will use Alibaba’s logistics infrastructure 1 to sell to Chinese consumers. Alibaba owns 39 percent of ShopRunner and the two e-commerce companies aim to create a "joint 2 brand" in China.

 
U.S. retailers 4 will soon have a new way to get into that hard-to-crack market, China. ShopRunner told Reuters its deal with Alibaba will allow its retail 3 partners to use Alibaba’s infrastructure to sell to Chinese consumers. The two e-commerce companies plan to create a "joint brand" in China.
 
ShopRunner is a rival of Amazon. Its members pay to get free two-day shipping 5 and buy online from hundreds of stores ranging from Toys ’R Us to Brooks 6 Brothers. It is 39 percent owned by Alibaba, which filed this week for what could become the largest ever U.S. public debut 7.
 
Alibaba will offer some Chinese customers free memberships to ShopRunner. Shoppers will get their goods ten days after ordering online. They’ll have to pay for shipping costs, though.
 
Many American retailers have paid dearly in the past, stumbling as they tried to go it alone in the Chinese market. Home Depot 8 closed their stores there. Revlon withdrew.
 
ShopRunner is puny 9 compared to Amazon with just over a million members. But this move to get a piece of the action in the world’s second largest economy could fuel its growth.
 




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1
infrastructure

  
 


n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施


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We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。












2
joint

  
 


adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合


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I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。












3
retail

  
 


v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格


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In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。












4
retailers

  
 


零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )


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High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。












5
shipping

  
 


n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）


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We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。












6
brooks

  
 


n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )


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Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》












7
debut

  
 


n.首次演出，初次露面


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That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。












8
depot

  
 


n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站


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The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。












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puny

  
 


adj.微不足道的，弱小的


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The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。
Antonio was a puny lad,and not strong enough to work.安东尼奥是个瘦小的小家伙，身体还不壮，还不能干活。