Fred外刊笔记
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说明
红色 - 生词
蓝色 - 短语
绿色 - 熟词僻义
    下划线 - 佳句背诵
写在前面Fred说
（下面的文字可以滑动）
不知道大家有没有遇到这个问题：单词背也背了（有时背得还很辛苦），但就是用不出来（口语&写作中）
其实解决方式也不难：
1. 结合原文和大量例句看别人是怎么用的（这个过程叫“输入”）
p.s. 例句不要只看1个，否则自己还是学不到在【不同的语境中】该词的用法，这也是我会一个单词配好几个例句的原因
2. 自己造句（这个过程叫“输出”），通过造句，你就“逼”自己不得不思考“我可以把这个词用在哪呢？”“用的时候要注意什么？”等等问题，你在【主动学习】，那以后在口语或写作中，你当然就可以自然而然地用出来了，不需要在“用词”上烦恼了，只需要focus在你口语/写作的“内容”上，这才是核心，所以，记得完成页面底部的“趁热打铁”部分，要学就学透了，要学就追求高质量！
原 文 泛 读优步科技宣布，它将收购智利、墨西哥以及最近在秘鲁和加拿大领先的在线杂货供应商Cornershop的多数股权。根据监管部门的批准，该投资预计将于2020年初完成。
优步首席执行官达拉?科斯罗萨西表示:“无论是搭车、在你最喜欢的餐厅点餐，还是很快就能送货上门，我们都希望优步成为你日常生活的操作系统。”“我们很高兴能与街角小店的团队合作，扩大他们的视野，并期待与他们合作，在优步平台上为数百万消费者提供杂货递送服务。”
除了递送服务，优步未来还想涉足什么领域？
遇到了什么政策性的难题？
Check it yourself!
读外刊 · 看世界
Uber To Buy Latin American Online Grocery Delivery Service, Cornershop
Uber is getting into the grocery delivery business, at least in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Canada.
Uber announced on Friday that it's adding grocery delivery to its growing list of services, buying a majority stake in a Latin American online grocery provider called Cornershop.
Details of the agreement were not disclosed, but Uber said the deal is expected to be completed early next year.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he plans to bring the grocery delivery service within their own platform, sharing a GIF on Twitter about how to find and use Cornershop on the Uber app.
"Whether it's getting a ride, ordering food from your favorite restaurant, or soon, getting groceries delivered, we want Uber to be the operating system for your everyday life," Khosrowshahi said in the announcement.
Khosrowshahi did not say whether the online grocery service would be expanded to the United States.
The move comes at a time when competition in the online grocery market is revving up. Walmart just yesterday announced a new deal for grocery delivery in Canada with Cornershop, using the Cornershop app.
Earlier this year, Walmart tried to buy Cornershop for $225 million, but Mexican antitrust officials blocked the deal.
As with other large tech companies, Uber has grown far beyond its origins as a ride-hailing service. It already took a step in the food delivery business through Uber Eats, which has proved to be expensive for the company.
Earlier this month, the company launched Uber Works in Chicago, an app that connects gig workers with employers looking for temporary staff. Uber also has invested in electric scooters, shipping and aerial ridesharing with helicopters, which is still in the works.
Uber continues to expand despite struggling to make a profit. Uber's contractor-based business model is also under pressure from a California law passed in September, that would force drivers to be classified as employees.
Len Sherman, an adjunct professor of business at Columbia Business School, said the announcement is yet another example of Uber trying to find new ways to engage customers despite having what he said is a broken business model.
Sherman said Uber should fix its core business — ridesharing — before expanding.
Once Uber acquires Cornershop, the grocery service will maintain its leadership and report to a board with majority Uber representation.
Cornershop was founded in 2015 and delivers groceries in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Canada. Oskar Hjertonsson, founder and CEO of Cornershop, said he hopes to bring the service to more markets around the world.
词 汇 卡 片1. rev up [rev]
to become more active, or to make someone or something become more active
（使）活跃起来；（使）积极起来
- The hotel is revving up for the busy summer season.
正值忙碌的夏季，这家饭店的节奏也变快了。
- drugs which rev up your nervous system
刺激神经系统的药物
- Now he plans to rev up publicity with a regional media campaign.
现在他准备通过开展地区性的媒体活动加大宣传力度。
注：
rev的过去式/过去分词要双写v
2. as with
和......一样
- As with all human bahaviour, there are numerous reasons for conflicts.
和所有的人类行为一样，矛盾冲突也有很多原因。
3. gig workers
What is a gig worker?

[扫码查看我整理好的文档，有效期至本月27号]
4. scooter [?sku?.t?(r)] CN
a child's vehicle with two or three small wheels joined to the bottom of a narrow board and a long vertical handle attached to the front wheel. It is ridden by standing with one foot on the board and pushing against the ground with the other foot.
（小孩的）踏板车
5. in the works
in the process of being prepared, developed, or completed
在进行中
- Her next movie is already in the works.
她下一部电影已经在拍摄了。
- Plans are in the works for building three new schools in the area.
在该地区新建三所学校的计划已经在酝酿中了。
6. adjunct [??d?.??kt] CN
something added or connected to a larger or more important thing
附属物；附件
- I hoped I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.
我希望学了这门计算机课程后，会使其他科目的学习如虎添翼。
- The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer.
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
注：
1. 表达“是......的附件”时，要在该词后加介词to
2. 本文中的adjunct professor指“副教授”
7. engage [?n?ɡe?d?] vt.
to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it
吸引住，使感兴趣
- The debate about food safety has engaged the whole nation.
关于食品安全的争论引起了全国关注。
- If a book doesn't engage my interest in the first few pages, I don't usually continue reading it.
如果一本书的前几页不能引起我的兴趣，通常我就不再往下读了。
语法/长难句分析Earlier this month, the company launched Uber Works in Chicago, an app that connects gig workers with employers looking for temporary staff.
自己先试着分析：
1. 整句话的主干是什么？
2. 加粗的成分是什么？其内部结构是什么？
整句话的主干：
Earlier this month, the company launched Uber Works in Chicago
加粗成分分析：
1. an app...是Uber Works的同位语，解释Uber Works是什么东东
2. that...是定语从句修饰an app，that指代an app，在从句中作主语
3. looking...是现在分词作后置定语修饰employers，相当于一个定语从句：who are looking for temporary staff
趁 热 打 铁任选上面7个词中的1个造句，下方评论告诉我哦，会一一回复哒～

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