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The venture, which is Facebook’s most significant attempt into commerce, represents a challenge to Amazon because of the huge number of users the company can channel to the storefronts. Mr Zuckerberg said, however, that he was not trying to replicate Amazon’s “end-to-end experience” and instead would work with existing ecommerce services, such as Shopify, which help small businesses create online shops and takes care of analytics and payments.

思考题：

Accordingto Zuckerberg，Facebook launched shopping service to__.

A.bring its products to users

B.help create small businesses

C.attract more advertising agencies

D.complement present ecommerce

词汇突破：

The venture 风险/经营项目

channel 输送

storefronts店铺

replicate 复制

end-to-end 端对端

analytics and payments 分析和收付款

句子解析：

句：

The venture, which is Facebook’s most significant attempt into commerce,(定语) represents a challenge to Amazon(主干)because of the huge number of users the company can channel to the storefronts.(状语)

参考译文：这个项目是脸书最重要的商业尝试，这对亚马逊来说是一个挑战，因为脸书可将大量用户引导至商店。

第二句：

Mr Zuckerberg said, however, that he was not trying to replicate Amazon’s “end-to-end experience” and instead would work with existing ecommerce services, (主干)such as Shopify, /which help small businesses create online shops and takes care of analytics and payments.(定语)

参考译文：不过，扎克伯格表示，他并不是试图复制亚马逊的“端对端体验”，而是与现有的电子商务服务合作，例如Shopify，帮助小企业创建网店，并负责分析和收付款功能。

思考题解析：

Accordingto Zuckerberg，Facebook launched shopping service to__.

我们要去找Zuckerberg说的话!

A. bring its products to users

(把他们的产品带给用户)

没有说到!

排除!

A选项错误。

B. help create small businesses(帮助创建小企业)

你中招了吧!

不是合作创建小企业，而是帮助小企业创建网店!

B选项错误。

C. attract more advertising agencies(吸引更多广告公司)

C选项错误。

D. complement present e-commerce(补充现有电子商务)

第二句谈到了“而是与现有的电子商务服务合作。也就是补充!”

所以D正确!

文章来源背景和来源：

Facebook opens new aisle to revenues with shopping challenge to Amazon

脸书开启新的营收渠道，挑战亚马逊购物

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/690ee286-99b6-4fa8-b02d-cfd50448a53d

背景：脸书近日推出线上购物新功能，携26亿用户杀入电商，有力挑战亚马逊、eBay等老牌电商。扎克伯格表示，他早就有意推出此项服务，新冠肺炎流行带来的线上购物繁荣让他加速了实施计划的步伐。“脸书商店”将收集用户购物习惯等有价值的信息，以提升其广告服务的质量，也能让脸书对广告要价更高。但脸书也强调，不复制其他电商端到端的模式，会将重心放在搭建平台和提供分析、支付及广告工具上，并从这些支持服务中寻求利润增长。分析人士认为，脸书此举显示，他们的长期野心是成为像微信一样的超 级应用，用户既可以在上面社交，也能购物和转账。