With much of the nation under strict stay-at-home orders, independent bookstores—which rely largely on foot traffic, browsing, and impulse buying—are struggling like never before. Many independent shops don’t have the staff or the bandwidth, to constantly update websites, much less manage the inventory, shipping, and customer-service challenges that an e-commerce expansion brings.

思考题：

According to the text, independent bookstores ___.

A.are reluctant to invest resources in e-commerce

B.have insufficient manpower for the online front

C.are suffering because fewer people are reading

D.are recruiting more staff during lock-down period

词汇突破：

1.foot traffic 人员流动

2.browsing 浏览

3.impulse buying 冲动性购买

4.staff 员工

5.bandwidth 带宽

6.inventory 库存

句子解析：

句：

With much of the nation under strict stay-at-home orders, independent bookstores—which rely largely on foot traffic, browsing, and impulse buying(定语)—are struggling like never before.

参考译文：全美大部分地区都实行严格的居家令，因此主要依靠人流、浏览和冲动性购买的独立书店正陷入从未有过的挣扎。

第二句：Many independent shops don’t have the staff or the bandwidth, to constantly update websites, much less(更不用提) manage the inventory, shipping, and customer-service challenges that an e-commerce expansion brings.

参考译文：许多独立书店没有足够的人员或带宽去不断更新网站，更别提管理电子商务扩展带来的库存、运输和客服方面的挑战。

思考题解析：

According to the text, independent bookstores ___.

根据文章，独立书店_____

A. are reluctant to invest resources in e-commerce

(不愿意在电子商务上投入资源)

A选项错误。

B. have insufficient manpower for the online front

(线上人手不足)

B选项正确。对应第二句!

C. are suffering because fewer people are reading

(越来越难，因为读书的人越来越少)

C选项错误。

D. are recruiting more staff during lock-down period

(在封闭期正招募更多员工)

D选项错误。

文章来源背景和来源：

Bookstore’s Coronavirus Moment

书店的新冠时刻

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-24/independent-bookstores-offer-curbside-pickup-to-beat-coronavirus

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