a Part 1 Notes to Text Society and Telecommunication 1) In 2006, estimates placed the telecommunication industry's revenue at $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product据估计电信工业的收入在2006高达12万亿美元,或者说 几乎是占世界生产总产值的3%。 注释:可以将该句改写为: It was estimated that the telecommunication industry's revenue reached $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product in 2006o 2)However, according to academic Edward Lenert, even the conventional retailer Wal-Mart has benefited from better telecommunication infrastructure than its competitors. T 根据学者 Edward Lenert声称,即使是传统的零售商沃尔玛都从比 其竞争对手更先进的电信基本设施中获得了利益。 注释:Wa|-Mart(沃尔玛)公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆沃尔顿 先生于1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十多年的发展,沃尔玛公司 已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前, 沃尔玛在全球开设了近6,800家商场,员工总数190多万人,分布在 全球14个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客176亿人次。 2021/2/20 P22021/2/20 P.2 @ Part 1 Notes to Text 1) In 2006, estimates placed the telecommunication industry's revenue at $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product. 据估计电信工业的收入在2006高达1.2万亿美元，或者说 几乎是占世界生产总产值的3%。 注释：可以将该句改写为：It was estimated that the telecommunication industry's revenue reached $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product in 2006。 2) However, according to academic Edward Lenert, even the conventional retailer Wal-Mart has benefited from better telecommunication infrastructure than its competitors.然而， 根据学者Edward Lenert声称，即使是传统的零售商沃尔玛都从比 其竞争对手更先进的电信基本设施中获得了利益。 注释：Wal-Mart（沃尔玛）公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆·沃尔顿 先生于1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十多年的发展，沃尔玛公司 已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前， 沃尔玛在全球开设了近6,800家商场，员工总数190多万人，分布在 全球14个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客1.76亿人次。 Society and Telecommunication