Day 1：
單詞作業(yè)
almond 英 ['ɑ?m?nd] 美 [?ɑ?m?nd]
n. 扁桃仁；扁桃樹
1. small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
2. oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
voice-activated
adj. 聲控的；通過聲音啟動的
lamp英 [l?mp] 美 [l?mp]
n. 燈；照射器
vt. 照亮
vi. 發(fā)亮
1.an artificial source of visible illumination
2.a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
sprinkler英 ['spr??kl?] 美 ['spr??kl?]
n. 灑水車；灑水器
mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
water sprinkler 灑水車；噴灌機
capitalization [,k?p?t?l?'ze??n]
n. 市值（等于capitalization）；（英）資本化
詞根：capital
adj.
capital 首都的；重要的；大寫的
capitalist 資本主義的；資本家的
capitalistic 資本主義的；資本家的
n.
capital 首都，省會；資金；大寫字母；資本家
capitalism 資本主義
capitalist 資本家；資本主義者
capitalization 資本化；資本總額；用大寫
vi.
capitalize 利用；積累資本
capitalise 利用（等于capitalize）
vt.
capitalize 使資本化；以大寫字母寫；估計…的價值
capitalise 用大寫字母書寫；投資于
scepticism英 ['skept?s?z(?)m]
n. 懷疑；懷疑論；懷疑主義
the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
fertile 英 ['f??ta?l] 美 [?f?t?l; (canadian) ?f??ta?l]
adj. 富饒的，肥沃的；能生育的
1.capable of reproducing
2.intellectually productive
3.bearing in abundance especially offspring
4.marked by great fruitfulness
fertile soil 沃土; 肥沃的土壤 ; 肥沃的土地 ; 見“沃壤
fertile fuel 增殖性燃料
fertile nucleus 可轉(zhuǎn)換核 ; 可轉(zhuǎn)換(成可裂變核的)核 ; 增殖性核 ; 豐產(chǎn)核
tick off列舉；用記號標出
同義詞：specify / enumerate
put a check mark on or near or next to
短語
TICK U OFF 惹到你了
to tick someone off 惹人生氣
tick me off 氣死我了
pitfall英 ['p?tf??l] 美 ['p?t'f?l]
n. 陷阱，圈套；缺陷；誘惑
1.an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
2.a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Pitfall Glacier 冰河謎蹤 ; 大逃殺 ; 冰川冒險 ; 冰河陷阱
Pitfall Jungle 叢林探險 ; 叢林冒險 ; 叢林迷蹤漢化版
Montreal Pitfall 蒙特利爾陷阱
cloud computing云計算
nudge美 [n?d?]
n. 推動；用肘輕推；沒完沒了抱怨的人
vt. 推進；用肘輕推；向…不停地嘮叨
vi. 輕推；推進；嘮叨
1.a slight push or shake
2.to push against gently
3.push into action by pestering or annoying gently
beef up
vt. 加強（增援，充實）；補充（人數(shù)， 兵力）等
make strong or stronger
同義詞：enhance / cement / muscle / build up
entice 英 [?n'ta?s; en-]美 [?n'ta?s]
vt. 利誘，引誘，誘惑，誘使，誘騙；慫恿；唆使；吸引
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
virtuous英 ['v??tj??s; -t???s] 美 ['v?t?u?s]
adj. 善良的；有道德的；貞潔的；正直的；有效力的
virtuous circle良性循環(huán)
virtuous cycle良性循環(huán)
whirl 英 [w??l] 美 [w?rl]
n. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，回旋；昏亂；一連串的事；短暫的旅行
vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，回旋；急走；頭暈眼花
vt. 使旋轉(zhuǎn)；卷走，飛快地帶走
1.confused movement
2.the shape of something rotating rapidly
3.a usually brief attempt
4.the act of rotating rapidly
Axial whirl 軸向渦流
whirl tube 風洞
whirl mixer 旋渦混合機
self-ful?lling
adj. 實現(xiàn)自己抱負的，自我實現(xiàn)的
Self-fulfilling prophesy 自我實現(xiàn)的預(yù)言 ; 自我實現(xiàn) ; 自我應(yīng)驗預(yù)言
self-fulfilling prophery 又稱為自我應(yīng)驗預(yù)言
Self-fulfilling Apocalypse 即所謂預(yù)言的自我實現(xiàn)
prophesy 英 ['pr?f?sa?] 美 ['prɑf?sa?]
vt. 預(yù)言；預(yù)告
vi. 預(yù)言；預(yù)報；傳教
1.predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
2.deliver a sermon
prophecy 英 ['pr?f?s?] 美 ['prɑf?si]
n. 預(yù)言；預(yù)言書；預(yù)言能力
1.knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
2.a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
debacle英 [d??bɑ?k?l] 美 [d??bɑk?l]
n. 崩潰；災(zāi)害；解凍
1.a sudden and violent collapse
2.flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
3.a sound defeat
crank英 [kr??k] 美 [kr??k]
n. 曲柄；奇想
adj. 易怒的
vt. 裝曲柄
1.a bad-tempered person
2.a whimsically eccentric person
crank out制成；粗制濫造
To crank something out 機械完成某事
quadruple英 ['kw?dr?p(?)l; kw?'dru?p(?)l] 美 [kwɑ'drupl]
adj. 四倍的；四重的
vt. 使…成四倍
vi. 成為四倍
n. 四倍
Quadruple track 四線鐵路 ; 四線鐵路 ; 復(fù)復(fù)線
quadruple block 四輪滑車 ; 四餅滑車
quadruple riveting 四行鉚 ; 四行鉚接
time frame時間范圍；[電子] 時間幀
time-frame 時幀
Time-frame effect 時限效應(yīng)
Time-frame set 時間限期 ; 有時間限制 ; 有時間限期
breadth 英 [bredθ; -t-]美 [br?dθ]
n. 寬度，幅度；寬宏
breadth moulded 型寬
niche breadth 生態(tài)位寬度 ; 生態(tài)席位廣度 ; 臺灣生態(tài)席位廣度 ; 生態(tài)位幅度
diffusion breadth 擴散寬度
wingspan英 ['w??sp?n] 美 ['w??'sp?n]
n. 翼展；翼幅
reminiscent英 [rem?'n?s(?)nt] 美 [,r?m?'n?snt]
adj. 懷舊的，回憶往事的；耽于回想的
n. 回憶錄作者；回憶者
Reminiscent proses 老作家
reminiscent narrative 回憶性敘事
memorialist reminiscent 回憶錄作者
conglomerate 英 [k?n'gl?m(?)r?t] 美 [k?n'ɡlɑ?m?r?t]
vi. 凝聚成團
n. [巖] 礫巖；企業(yè)集團；聚合物
adj. 成團的；礫巖性的
vt. 使聚結(jié)；凝聚成團
1.a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
2.a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
conglomerate company 跨業(yè)公司 ; 綜合公司 ; 跨行業(yè)公司 ; 團公司
polygenetic conglomerate 復(fù)成礫巖
top conglomerate 頂盤礫巖 ; 頂?shù)[巖
bloated英 ['bl??t?d] 美 ['blot?d]
adj. 發(fā)脹的，浮腫的；傲慢的
v. 腫脹，得意（bloat的過去時形式）
Bloated Toad 鼓脹青蛙
Bloated Dog 臃腫狗
bloated cell 腫脹星形細胞
antitrust英 [?nt?'tr?st] 美 [,?nt?'tr?st]
adj. [經(jīng)] 反壟斷的；[經(jīng)] 反托拉斯的
antitrust law 反托拉斯法 ; 反壟斷法 ; 反獨占法 ; 反壟斷
Antitrust Division 反壟斷局 ; 反托拉斯局 ; 反托拉斯署 ; 反托拉斯司
antitrust immunity 壟斷豁免權(quán) ; 反壟斷法的除外 ; 豁免事由
lens 英 [lenz] 美 [l?nz]
n. 透鏡，鏡頭；眼睛中的水晶體；晶狀體；隱形眼鏡；汽車的燈玻璃
vt. 給……攝影
contact lens 隱形眼鏡 ; 隱形眼鏡 ; 角膜接觸鏡 ; 接觸鏡片
achromatic lens 消色差透鏡 ; 消色差透鏡 ; 消色差鏡頭 ; 無色透鏡
Thin lens 薄透鏡 ; 薄透鏡 ; 一種很薄的透鏡 ; 鏡片薄
pristine英 ['pr?sti?n; -sta?n] 美 ['pr?stin]
adj. 原始的，古時的；純樸的
clout英 [kla?t] 美 [kla?t]
n. 破布；敲打；影響力；勢力
vt. 給…打補釘；猛擊
clout nail 扣釘 ; 平頭釘 ; 大帽釘 ; 氈釘
market clout 市場影響 ; 市場上風
international clout 國際影響力
utility英 [ju??t?l?t?] 美 [ju't?l?ti]
n. 實用；效用；公共設(shè)施；功用
adj. 實用的；通用的；有多種用途的
Utility knife 多用途刀 ; 美工刀 ; 透明美工刀 ; 劃刀
Utility tunnel 共同溝 ; 綜合管廊 ; 共同溝 ; 市政隧道
time utility 時間效用 ; 時間價值 ; 時候效用 ; 時間的效用
Day 2：
1. The former bookseller accounts for more than half of every new dollar spent on line in U.S.? 這家前暢銷書店占據(jù)了一半以上在美國消費的每一新的美元。??
2. Since the beginning of 2015, its share price has jumped by 173%, seven times quicker than in the two previous years.(and 12 times faster than the S&P 500 Index)? 自從2015年初以來，它的股價已經(jīng)上漲了173%，比前兩年快了七倍（比標準普爾500指數(shù)快了超過12倍）??
3. With a market capitalization of some 400bn, it is the fifth most valuable firm in the world.? 它擁有的市值大約為4,000億美元，在世界最有價值的公司中排名第五。?
?4. Never before has a company been worth so much for so long while making so little money: 92% of its value is due to profits expected after 2020.? 從來沒有一家公司掙錢這么少，但是在這么長時間值這么多錢：92%的價值是因為2020年后預(yù)期的利潤。?
?5. Walmart already has revenues nudging 500bn and is beefing up online.? 沃爾瑪?shù)氖杖胍呀?jīng)接近5,000億美元，它正在增強網(wǎng)上業(yè)務(wù)。??
6. Last year cash-flow (before investment) was $16bn, more than quadruple the level five years ago.? 去年流動資金（投資前）是160億美元，超過了五年前水平的四倍。??
7. If it makes as much money as investors hope, a rough calculation suggests its earnings could be worth the equivalent of 25% of the combined profits of listed Western retail and media firms.? 如果它真的可以如投資者所愿賺那么多錢大約估算表明它所賺的錢相當于登記注冊的西方零售業(yè)和媒體公司所賺的總和利潤。??
8. Ground for skepticism does not come much more fertile than this: Amazon will have to grow faster than almost any big company in modern history to justify its valuation.? 懷疑主義的的理由不過如此：亞馬遜必須比現(xiàn)代歷史任何一家大公司發(fā)展得更快，以證明它的價值所在。??
9. In an era when executives routinely whinge about pressure to produce short-term results, Amazon is resolutely focused on the distant horizon.? 在一個高管們經(jīng)常抱怨生產(chǎn)短期成效所帶來的壓力的時代，亞馬遜卻堅決地專注于遠期的未來。??
10. Mr. Bezos emphasizes continual investment to propel its two principal businesses.? Mr. Bezos強調(diào)持續(xù)的投資來推動它的兩個主要業(yè)務(wù)。??
11. A third virtuous circle is starting to whirl around Alexa, the firm’s voice-activated assistant:? 第三個良性循環(huán)開始圍繞著Alexa旋轉(zhuǎn)，這家公司的聲控助理。??
12. So long as shareholders retain their faith in this model, Amazon’s heady valuation resembles a self-fulfilling prophecy.? 只要股東對這種模式保持信心，亞馬遜的領(lǐng)先價值代表自我實現(xiàn)的預(yù)言。??
13. Their faith is sustained by Amazon’s record.? 亞馬遜的記錄維持著他們對它的信心。??
14. It has had its failures—its attempt to make a smart-phone was a debacle. But the business is starting to crank out cash.? 它也有過失敗—嘗試制造智能手機就是一個失敗。但是這個業(yè)務(wù)開始可以賺錢。??
15. If Amazon’s approach to time-frames is unusual, so too is the sheer breadth of its activities.? 如果說亞馬遜對于時間限制的途徑不同尋常，同樣它所涉及的活動的寬度也是不同尋常的。??
16. A wingspan this large is more reminiscent of a conglomerate than a retailer, which makes Amazon’s share price seem even more bloated: stock markets typically apply a “conglomerate discount” to reflect their in- efficiencies.? 亞馬遜涉獵如此之大，令人更容易聯(lián)想到的是一個企業(yè)集團而不是零售商，這使得亞馬遜的股價更加膨脹，證券市場通常采用多元化集團折扣來反映他們的低效。?
?17. Seen through this lens, Amazon appears pristine.? 站在這個角度來看，亞馬遜看起來是純樸的。??
18. Consumers applaud it; it is the most well-regarded company in America, according to a Harris poll.? 根據(jù)哈里斯民意調(diào)查顯示，它獲得消費者的稱贊，它是美國最被看好的公司。??
19. If it gets anywhere close to fulfilling them, it will attract the attention of regulators.? 如果它能在任何地方近乎實現(xiàn)自我，它將會引起管理機構(gòu)的注意。?
?20. But as it grows, so will concerns about its power.? 但是隨著它的成長，它的力量也會受到關(guān)注。? 21. Investors value Amazon’s growth over pro-fits; that makes predatory pricing more tempting.? 投資者通過獲利來評估亞馬遜的增長，這使得掠奪性的價格更為誘惑。
Day 3：
總結(jié)反思：
很幸運遇到Gambition，驚嘆June的功底，目前我的儲備對于外刊精讀的理解是不足的，一篇文章可能花幾個晚上都不一定可以get到main ideas，從來沒有這么認真去閱讀和分析一篇文章，理清文章的構(gòu)架和思路是非常重要的， 恰好思維導(dǎo)圖可以更加清晰的展示文章的框架脈絡(luò)，然而因為初次接觸， 對很多功能的應(yīng)用不熟悉，做一個思維導(dǎo)圖整整花了一晚上的時間，但是這是值得的，希望在接下來的時間里，一步一步踏踏實實地跟著June篤師學(xué)好真本領(lǐng)。。。
Amazon’s Empire總結(jié)：
Amazon is an?extraordinary company. It is the world’s leading provider of cloud computing. Amazon
will probably spend more on television. It has many its own-brand physical?products. its share price has jumped by173% Since the beginning of 2015, it is?the ?fth most-valuable ?rm in the world. 92% of its value is due to pro?ts expected?after2020.Amazon will have to grow faster than almost any big company in modern?history to justify its valuation. Itemphasizes continual investment to propel?its two principal businesses, e-commerce and Amazon Web Services(AWS), its cloud-computing?arm.Amazon?is resolutely focused on the distant horizon andformsvirtuous circle, it lures more shoppers, then?comes more retailers and manufacturers, then earn more cash for new services,?finally entices more shoppers.Amazon includes bread activities such as logistics?rms, search engines, social networks, food manufacturers and producers of “physical,digital and interactive media of all types”. Amazon also exists the realproblems, for example, it will attract the attention of regulators. But as itgrows, so will concerns about its power. And it is likely to trigger antitrust actionin the future. Success will bring it into con?ict with government.
