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Furniture giant Ikea has announced it will stop printing its traditional catalogue, one of the world's biggest annual publications, after 70 years.

The company said "fewer people" were reading the printed catalogue as customers moved to digital alternatives to shop and look for inspirations.

The publication reached a peak in 2016 when around 200 million copies were distributed in more than 50 markets. The last edition to be printed is the 2021 version with 40 million copies.

語言點(diǎn)

1. giant n. 巨頭

2. announce v. 宣布

3. catalogue n. 目錄

· 詞根：logue，表示speech/reason

· dialogue n. 對(duì)話

· prologue n. 序言，開場(chǎng)白

4. annual adj. 年度的

5. publication n. 出版物

6. move to 轉(zhuǎn)向

7. alternative n. 可供選擇的事物，替代品 (something that can be chosen instead of something else)

· I was offered no alternative.

我別無選擇。

8. inspiration n. 靈感

9. reach a peak 達(dá)到最高點(diǎn)，達(dá)到巔峰狀態(tài)

· 近義表達(dá)：hit the heights

· The traffic reaches a peak between 5 and 6 pm.

車流量通常在下午5點(diǎn)到6點(diǎn)達(dá)到頂峰。

10. distribute v. 分配，分發(fā)

· 構(gòu)詞：前綴dis-分開，散開；詞根-tribute分配

11. copy n. 一份出版物

· a copy of the local newspaper 一份當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)紙

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