1. Key point: the terms and definitions of e-commerce Difficult points: describing how internet works
2. Requirements By the end of this lesson, you should be able to have a good command of
□ useful terms given in the lesson
□ preparing an English business card for yourself or for any other Chinese people
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to
□ describe how internet works
□ give your idea about the business opportunity on Cellphones Ring
3. How the Internet Works Abstract: The article introduces how the e-mail travels on the internet, what a back bone provider is and how internet companies connect to each other.
Key words: big carriers; online world; backbone provider; solution to safeguard competition on the internet.
4. New WordsCarrier
n.
通信公司
Online
a.
在线的;联机的;网上的
Internet service
provider (ISP)n.
因特网服务提供商
Ramp
n.
斜坡;斜面;坡道
bank of modems
n.
调制调解器库
backbone provider
n.
主干网提供商
Route
v.
按规定路径发送
Haul
n.
传递或运输的路程、距离
communications gearn.
通信控制装置,用来控制通信数据传输
5. destination
n.
目的地
NSFNET
n.
National Science Foundation Net的缩写Breach
n.
突破口;缺口
privatized
a.
私有化的public peering points
n.
公共对等汇接点,该点将几个主干网对等连接起来
sanction
n.
批准;认可
metropolitan Access Exchange
n.
城域访问交换点
Freebie
n.
(美俚)免费品
arbitrary
a.
专横的;专断的
6. discriminatory
a.
区别对待的;歧视的
cockamamie
a.
(美俚)荒谬的;可笑的;令人难以置信的
by leaps and bounds
飞跃地;极其迅速地
criterion(pl) criteria
n.
(评判的)标准;尺度;准则
Peer
n. v.
网络数语,指网络连接上的一种对等接入装置,也可用作动词,此处指可接入因特网的单位discriminate
v.
区别;有差别地对待
advocate
v.
拥护;提倡
police
v.
管理;管制
7. Sentence Explanations 1.EarthLink gives Jennifer access to the Internet, much in the way that an onramp puts a driver on the national high way system.
EarthLink (ELNK)为珍妮芙提供的因特网连通服务,就像提供一条通道把驾驶员送上国家高速公路系统那样。
8. 2.They also own the communications gear that directs traffic over the Internet.
他们还拥有指挥因特网信息传递的通信控制装置。
traffic over the Internet 指因特网上数据信息的传送。
9. 3.But the industry has not figured out how to calculate who owes what to whom.
但是,该行业还不知道如何计算谁欠谁多少。
4.Peering would be determined by the market rather than by a private company with its own competitive interests.
能否开展接入服务应该由市场决定,而不是由一个有着自己竞争利益的私人公司来决定。
13. 并不是所有机构名称都必须由四个部分组成。有时可能由三部分甚至两个部分组成。如:Jiusan Society 九三学社。同样,有时专名也可以按意译。例如:Baoding Summer Palace Restaurant 保定颐和园餐馆。
如果是分支机构,有两种译法。一种是大机构在前,小机构在后。如:
China Pharmaceutical Co.,Tianjin Branch
中国医药公司天津分公司
另一种是分支机构在前,大机构在后。如:
Xiaohong Translation Service Centre, Tianjin Hongda Science-technology Co.
天津宏大科技公司晓虹翻译服务中心
14. 4. 通讯地址:
地址一般由专名和通名组成。通常专名按音译,通名按意译。地址由最小单位开始,由小往大按顺序翻译。注意,城市名称的后面不用通名。
例如:天津市河西区水上村高层4号楼3门508室
508 Ent 3 Tower 4 Shuishangcun Qtr. Hexi Dist. Tianjin
又如:北京市首都机场路丽都大楼2门115号
115 Ent 2 Lidu Bldg Capital Airport Rd Beijing
15. 常用的通名:
Province 省
Autonomous region 自治区
County 县
Township 乡
Town 镇
District (Dist) (市辖)区
Quarter (Qtr.) 社区、住宅区
Estate (Est.) 社区、住宅区
Street (St.) 街、路 (如果是:**东路,可译为:**St. East, 依此类推。)
19. Reading Materials (A)Going Gold ?
Maybe, if Enough Cellphones Ring
Abstract: According to IDC, cellphone users made 4.8 million purchases of ring tones in the United Stales in 2002. The phone will become some sort of media playback device.
Key words: cell-phone market; cell-phone users; ring tones
20. Reading Materials (B)Radio ID Tags Spread Waves of Anger among Privacy Activists
Abstract: Radio ID Tags is the technology that solves a number of business problems--- heft, counterfeiting, supply chain management. But without a concerted effort to address public concerns about privacy, RFID technology could face a public backlash.
Key words: Radio ID Tags; privacy; Privacy Activists 返 回