VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：0401A.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Microsoft Says Google Blocks Competition in Europe Search MarketThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Microsoft has fought legal battles with officials in Europe and the United States over competition in the personal computer market. But now Microsoft is accusing Google of

2、 being anti-competitive. A complaint to the European Commission accuses Google of unfairly controlling the Internet search market in Europe.Google is already talking to the commission about the issue and says it is happy to explain to anyone how its business works.Google also faces other issues. Gma

3、il users in China began reporting problems with Googles e-mail service in late February. The problems came as news of the revolutions in the Arab world filled the Internet and there were online calls for protests in China.Google said the government was interfering with its e-mail service.(SOUND)Last

4、 week, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu called the accusations unacceptable. But Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said the company stood by its earlier comments.JESSICA POWELL: This is a government blockage, carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail.Google is the world leader i

5、n Internet search. But in China, the biggest search engine is Baidu. And this week, Chinas largest Internet media company, Sina, dropped Googles search engine from its website. Sina says it is using its own technology.An estimated four hundred fifty million Chinese are online - about half of all Int

6、ernet users in Asia.Last year, Google said a cyberattack from China had attempted to get information from the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. Google also expressed concerns about censorship. So Google relocated its Chinese search engine from the mainland to Hong Kong.The company is also fa

7、cing new problems at home. A federal judge in New York has ruled against its plan to put millions of books online.Google wants to create a digital library of all the worlds books. It reached a one hundred twenty-five million dollar deal in two thousand eight with groups representing writers and publ

8、ishers. Google agreed to create a system to pay copyright holders when their works are used online.But Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement. He said it gives Google monopoly control of the book search market. But he left open the possibility for a new plan.On a similar issue, Baidu says

9、 it has removed almost three million documents from its library. Writers have complained that Baidu did not have permission for their works to appear on its document-sharing site.这里是VOA特别英语经济报道。微软曾经针对个人电脑市场与欧洲和美国官员进行了一场司法之战。但是现在微软指控谷歌不公平竞争。他们向欧洲委员会递交的投诉指控谷歌使用不公平的手段控制欧洲搜索引擎市场。谷歌已经就该问题与委员会展开对话，声称他们乐意向

10、任何人解释自己的业务流程。谷歌还面临其他问题。中国的Gmail用户从二月末开始报告谷歌的电子邮件服务存在问题。问题出现之时，关于阿拉伯世界革命的新闻充斥着网络，中国一些人在网络上呼吁#活动。谷歌声称他们的电子邮件服务受到了政府干涉。上周，外交部女发言人姜瑜声称这些指控是不可接受的。但是谷歌女发言人Jessica Powell称公司坚持此前的评论。Jessica Powell：“.。”谷歌是世界上领先的互联网搜索引擎。但是在中国，最大的搜索引擎是百度。本周，中国最大的互联网媒体公司新浪从自己的网站上删除了谷歌搜索引擎。新浪表示将使用自己的技术。中国大约有4.5亿互联网用户大约占亚洲所有互联网用户

11、的一半。去年，谷歌声称来自中国的网络攻击试图从人权积极分子的Gmail账户中获取信息。谷歌还表达了对审查制度的担忧。所以，谷歌将中国的搜索引擎从内地转移到香港。谷歌公司在国内也面临新的问题。纽约一名联邦法官反对该公司将数百万册图书在互联网上共享的计划。谷歌希望建立全世界所有图书的数字化图书馆。2008年，谷歌公司与代表作家和出版商的团体达成了1.25亿美元的协议。谷歌同意成立一个体系，在网络上使用相关作品时会向版权所有者支付一定的报酬。但是法官Denny Chin否决了该提议的解决方法。他表示，这将导致谷歌垄断图书搜索市场。但是为谷歌提出新的计划留下了余地。在类似的事件中，百度表示已经从自己的

12、图书馆中删除了大约300万份文件。作家们投诉称百度未获得他们的许可就将他们的作品发表在文件分享网站上。plaint n.抱怨, 诉苦, 埋怨, 不满例句：This is a cause of complaint.这是抱怨的原因。2.unfairly adv.不公平地;不公正地例句：Some shops marked up the goods unfairly.有几家商店的货价提高得不公道。Students have no way of getting back at a teacher who marks their work unfairly.学生无法报复评分不公道的老师。3.unaccep

13、table adj.不能接受的;不受欢迎的例句：an unacceptable level of disturbance to occupiers of adjacent properties对邻近物业住户构成的不可接受的干扰4.censorship n.审查员的职权;审查(制度)例句：The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。5.reject vt.拒绝, 驳回例句：He was afraid she would reject him because he was a forei

14、gner.他担心她会因他不是本国人而拒绝他。6.settlement n.解决, 和解, 协议例句：The terms of settlement seem just.和解的条件似乎是公道的。7.remove vt.移走; 排除; 移开; 拿开; 去掉例句：He removed the picture and put it in the drawer.他把画取下来, 放到抽屉里。8.monopoly n.垄断, 专卖, 专营服务；被垄断的商品（或服务）例句：His monopoly of shipbuilding in that country has been established.他对那

15、个国家造船业的垄断已经建立起来。1.Google said the government was interfering with its e-mail service.interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止例句：That interferes with my plan.那干扰了我的计划。The noise interferes with my work.这噪音妨碍我的工作。2.But Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said the company stood by its earlier comments.stand by支持, 支援例

16、句：Well stand by you through thick and thin.不管多么艰难困苦, 我们都要支持你们。3.Last year, Google said a cyberattack from China had attempted to get information from the Gmail accounts of human rights activists.attempt to企图例句：Carl attempted to save the company from the bankruptcy, but he failed.卡尔为了挽救公司不致破产，进行了大胆的尝

17、试，但没能成功。in an attempt to力图, 试图，做目的状语例句：Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.居家度日，有目的地收藏某些东西是为了防止浪费。4.But he left open the possibility for a new plan.leave open让开着例句：We can leave it open for the moment.这事我们可暂时不作结论。open up变宽; 展现; 揭示例句：The chance meeting with the president opened up new possibilities for him.与总统邂逅提供给他新的机会。5.A federal judge in New York has ruled against its plan to put millions of books online.rule against作出不利于的裁决例句：The representatives ruled against the motion.代表们否决了这项动议。The judge ruled against the plaintiff.法官作出不利于原告的裁决。高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！