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亚马逊：进击的商业巨人

话题导读

1. 全球电商巨头近日宣布，将以137亿美元收购全食超市 (Whole Foods Market)，继续进军生鲜领域，借着超市通道，征服新的领域。与亚马逊一起，Whole Foods将获得巨大的技术支持，和一笔不菲的资本用于自身的发展。

2.  全食超市的创始人约翰·麦基 (John Mackey) 。他创办这个超市的时候，年仅25岁，全食超市的前身是美国得克萨斯州奥斯汀大学城的一家店面起家，从1978年发展至今，已经成为全美最大的天然食品和有机食品零售商，拥有共计265家分店。

今日思考

1. “开阔新的领域”的英文表达是什么？

2. 亚马逊收购全食超市是为了与哪家超市巨头竞争？

3. 亚马逊是否有计划使用它为Amazon Go开发的技术来自动完成Whole Foods收银员的工作？

英语原文

Amazon to Buy Whole Foods in $13.4 Billion Deal

Amazon said on Friday that it had agreed to buy the upscale grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.4 billion, as the online retailer looks to conquer new territory in the supermarket aisle.

For Amazon, the deal marks an ambitious push into the mammoth grocery business. It is also amplifying the competition with Walmart, which has been struggling to play catch-up to the online juggernaut.

For Whole Foods, the deal represents a chance to fend off pressure from activist investors frustrated by a sluggish stock price. With Amazon, Whole Foods gets a deep-pocketed owner with significant technological expertise and a willingness to invest aggressively in a quest for dominance.

The deal immediately raised questions about how Amazon planned to use technology to update Whole Foods stores.

Amazon has no plans to use the technology it developed for Amazon Go to automate the jobs of cashiers at Whole Foods, said Drew Herdener, a spokesman for Amazon. No job reductions are planned as a result of the deal, he said.

（Source: The New York Times）

生词好句

upscale /ˈʌpˌskel/: adj. 高端的；高档的