2021届河北衡水高中英语经济学人外刊新高考培优讲义[03-16]作文素材阅读理解语法词汇拓展积累

2021年河北衡水高中英语《经济学人》外刊新高考培优讲义[03-16] 作文素材阅读理解语法词汇拓展积累 （含词汇讲解、长难句解析、翻译技巧、背景知识、写作积累：均由阿满编写） 原文（续[03-15]） IBM is another contender, having backed a huge marketing campaign for its Watson platform. AI researchers tend to be dismissive of IBM, which has a large consulting business and a reputation for valuing time billed over terabytes. The firm’s critics also point out that, although IBM has invested over $15bn in Watson and spent $5bn between 2010 and 2015 to buy companies, much of that with the aim of acquiring proprietary data, for the most part it does not have unique data of its own. But IBM’s weaknesses may not hold it back. Bosses of most businesses feel pressure to have an AI strategy, and they will pay handsomely to acquire one quickly.   IBM是AI领域的另一个竞争者，之前还为其沃森平台开展了大型营销活动。AI研究人员往往对IBM不屑一顾，IBM有庞大的咨询业务，却以按时间收费而不注重数据闻名。批评IBM的人还指出，虽然IBM对沃森的投资已经超过150亿美元，并在2010年到2015年间斥资50亿美元收购公司，且大多数收购主要是为了获取专有数据，但总的来说，IBM并没有自己的独有数据。但IBM的弱点可能并不会成为它的阻碍。大多数企业的老板都觉得AI战略必不可少，如果能尽快花钱解决，都会不吝重金。 词汇讲解 · contender (a competitor for a championship or high honor) contender要比同义词competitor更加有力、更有斗志，暗含勇于迎接各种挑战的含义。(Contender has a slightly different meaning than competitor, often implying a more vigorous, even scrappier, sense of taking on every unexpected challenge.) contender常见搭配有contender for和serious/strong/leading etc contender · a contender for the Democratic nomination · Her new album has to be a strong contender for the Album of the Year award. “美国电影协会世纪百句经典台词”中排名第三的电影名言就包含contender这个词。 "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." -- Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), On the Waterfront (1954) 马龙·白兰度在《码头风云》中饰演一个落魄成码头工人的拳击手（泰瑞），影片这里哥哥劝说泰瑞向工会头目屈服，泰瑞愤怒地指责哥哥当初命令他在拳击比赛中放水，使他成为一个一事无成的小混混：你不明白！我本可以进入上流社会。我本可以成为一个上进的人。我本可以当个有脸面的人物，而不是像现在这样当个小混混。 · campaign campaign本是军事术语指“战役”，也可以脱离军事语境指“运动（为某一社会的﹑商业的或政治的目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动）”。 · He fought in the N African campaign during the last war. 在上次战争中他在北非战役参战 · a campaign against