新视野大学英语第四册课件UNIT4《TheTelecommunicationsRevolution》para8和para9.ppt

The Telecommunications Revolution Unit4 Para8 Wireless demand and usage have also exploded across the entire width and breadth of Latin America. For wireless phone service providers, nowhere is business better than in Latin America — having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal. BellSouth Corporation, with operations in four wireless markets, estimates its annual revenue per average customer at about $2,000 as compared to $860 in the United States. That’s partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. Answer the following question Q7.why can wireless phone providers make more profits in Latin America? 译文： 整个拉丁美洲对无线通信的需求和使用已急速增加。对于无线电话服务商来说，没有任何地方的业务比拉丁美洲更好了--在那里有一个营运点就好像有一堆无穷无尽供你使用的钞票。在四个无线电话市场有营运点的贝尔南方电话公司估计它的年收入约为平均每个客户2,000美元，与之相比，在美国国内的收入是860美元。产生这种情况的部分原因是拉丁美洲客户的通话时间是北美洲人的二至四倍。 Para9 Thailand is also turning to wireless, as a way to allow Thais to make better use of all the time they spend stuck in traffic. And it isn’t that easy to call or fax from the office: the waiting list for phone lines has from one to two million names on it. So mobile phones have become the rage among businesspeople, who can remain in contact despite the traffic jams. Answer the following question Q8.why are mobile phones popular among businesspeople in Thailand? Because mobile phones make it possible for them to keep contact with each other even when they are caught in the traffic jams. (Para. 9) 译文： 泰国也在求助于无线通信方式，以便让泰国人在发生交通堵塞的时候更好地利用时间。而且在泰国，从办公室往外打电话或发传真并不那么容易：待装电话的名单上有一、二百万个名字。因此移动电话在商界成为时尚，使人们在交通堵塞时也能与外界保持联系。 text main points For wireless phone service providers, nowhere is business better than in Latin America 句型：For …., nowhere is … better than in…对…来说, 没有任何地方的…比…更好了 pile of 堆 at your disposal at ones disposal 供某人使用 as compared to 同……相比，相对于 compare to与compare with compare to 把……比作……(常表示异类相比，比喻) compare with 把……和……比较(常表示同类相比，比较) Lets compare this article with t