問題詳情
B. Jeffrey Bezos had an interest in science when he was a high school student. He liked to stay inhis father’s garage and did many experiments. At that time, he even learned from his grandfather andunderstood how to use clocks to play tricks on his cousin. In 1994, Jeffrey Bezos found the Internet became popular, so he thought of an idea. Though he had agood job, he still wanted to have his own business on the Internet. One day, he drove from Seattle to NewYork and finally crossed the USA. He wrote a business plan on the way and made up his mind to set up hiscompany in his garage. His company was about a bookstore on the Internet. He called it “ Cadabra ” at firstbut later he changed it into “ Amazon. ” With his knowledge about science, people now can buy all kinds of books on Amazon quickly andeasily. What’s more, people can buy the same books at lower prices on Amazon. Amazon soon became a big bookstore around the world. However, Jeffrey dreams something bigger.For him, Amazon isn’t just a bookstore. It should be a special store on the Internet, and people can findeverything on it. Next time, maybe you can buy a cup of coffee from Amazon if you feel thirsty.
interest興趣 stay待在 garage車庫 experiment(s)實驗 even甚至 popular受歡迎的 Though雖然 Seattle西雅圖 cross跨越 make up…mind下定決心 set up設立 company公司 Internet網路 knowledge知識 easily簡單地 price(s)價格 bigger更大的
【題組】36. What does it mean?
(A) Science.
(B) Amazon.
(C) The Internet.
(D) Cadabra..
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