臺灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
These are businesses that never adapted. They cross their fingers that this internet thing would be a fad and kept selling the exact same products that Amazon is great for.
這些企業永遠不懂得變通。他們期盼著這種網絡購物只是一時的流行而已,然后繼續銷售那些跟亞馬遜網站所擅長銷售的產品一模一樣的商品。
學習重點:
1.adapt 使適應
adapt (v.) 使適應
acclimate (v.)
fit (v.) 適合的
2.to cross one's fingers 祈求好運;希望
to cross one's fingers (phr.) 祈求好運;希望
3.fad 一時的流行
fad (n.) 一時的流行
trend (n.) 趨勢;時尚
craze (n.) 狂熱;風尚