1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选亚马逊砸了39亿，能解决美国人看病难吗？最近，互联网巨头亚马逊宣布，计划以39亿美元收购一家线上医疗服务商One Medical，这也成为其史上最大的医疗收购案。其实，欧美很多国家“看病贵”“预约难”的问题由来已久，互联网巨头也因此纷纷看好医疗行业的发展前景。亚马逊为什么要进军医疗领域？又为何选择收购One Medical？Amazon to acquire One Medical clinics in latest push into health care.By Karen WeiseOn Thursday, Amazon announc
2、ed its first major acquisition under Andy Jassys tenure as C.E.O., spending $3.9 billion for One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics around the country. The deal is a sign of Amazons long-simmering health care ambitions. As the company has marched from one retail business to another including b
3、ooks, CDs, electronics, dog food, diapers and clothes it has had to look in less obvious spots to find opportunities that can provide meaningful expansion. Health care has been tantalizing to Amazon executives who believe it is an immense market, rife with inefficiencies and generally lacking the ki
4、nd of customer-focused approach that Amazon tries to take with its businesses. Amazon wants to be the front door through which customers access health care, said Christina Farr, an investor in health care with OMERS Ventures. They want to nail the consumer experience.Based in San Francisco, One Medi
5、cal operates a network of 188 medical offices, primarily in large cities, and provides virtual medical services that patients access with a $199 annual membership. That One Medical sees about five times as many virtual visits as in-person appointments most likely made it attractive to Amazon, accord
6、ing to analysts at the investment bank Cowen. The company also has something Amazon values deeply: data. One Medical built its own electronic medical records system, and it has 15 years worth of medical and health-system data Amazon could tap. 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.acquire kwa v. _2.push p n. _3
7、.tenure tenj n. _4.simmer sm v. _5.march mt v. _6.tantalize tntlaz v. _7.immense mens adj. _8.nail nel v. _9.operate pret v. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.初级保健，初级诊疗_2.充满，充斥，普遍_3.通过视频进行的远程问诊_拓展练习阅读理解When people think of farming today, they usually picture a tractor (拖拉机) rather than horses in the farml
8、and. Thats because tractors that relied on engines revolutionized farming in the late 1800s. Now a new type of tractor can do the same in the 21st century.Agriculture has been changing dramatically in the last few decades. The push for innovation is fed by the need to produce larger amounts of food
9、for a growing world population. Autonomous tractors may be the key to solving this challenge. They can be used to carry out labor-intensive farming while allowing farmers to do other work. A big plus is that it can increase crop output while reducing costs because the autonomous machines can work in
10、 all weather conditions without any rest.Part of push for automation is a shortage of farm workers due to peoples desire to have higher paying jobs with better work conditions. Farm owners are competing against companies like Amazon and restaurants that are raising wages to attract workers. “With la
11、bor shortages and the increase in the hourly wages that have to be paid in order to be competitive, all of a sudden automation seems like a more reasonable decision,” said David Swartz, a professor at Penn State University.Many believe the time is ripe for an autonomous revolution because robotics i
12、s already in use in agriculture. One company that is working to bring autonomous tractors into main stream farming is Blue and White Robotics, an Israeli agricultural technology company, whose mission is to make a fully autonomous farm. The company released an autonomous tractor kit in February 2021
13、 that can be fixed on any existing tractor. The kit includes camera detection, speed controls, as well as an anti-crash system. Blue and Whites kit is being used by West Coast growers in the US. It may soon come to a farm near you.20.What contributes to the agricultural revolution according to Parag
14、raph 2?A.The urge to feed more people.B.The extreme weather conditions.C.The need to reduce farming cost.D.The desire for automatic farming.21.What is Swartzs attitude to automation?A.Critical.B.Negative.C.Supportive.D.Indifferent.22.What can be inferred about Blue and Whites kit?A.It has been widel
15、y used.B.It can be made in many firms.C.It can improve safety of tractors.D.It will detect the way of farming.23.What may be a suitable title for the text?A.Automation Is Transforming AgricultureB.Big Companies Are Making A DifferenceC.Driverless Tractors Are Worth InvestingD.Traditional Farming Is
16、Falling out of Date外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.acquire kwa v. 收购2.push p n. 为了达成某事而付出的巨大努力3.tenure tenj n. （本文）任期；终身教职4.simmer sm v. （本文）酝酿；文火慢炖、慢煮5.march mt v. 行军，进军，前进6.tantalize tntlaz v. 撩拨，逗弄7.immense mens adj. 巨大的8.nail nel v. 成功做成某事9.operate pret v. 经营，运营【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.primary
17、 care初级保健，初级诊疗2.rife with充满，充斥，普遍3.virtual visit通过视频进行的远程问诊【全文翻译】收购One Medical：亚马逊进军医疗领域的最新动作周四（7月21日），亚马逊宣布以39亿美元收购美国初级医疗服务连锁品牌One Medical。这是安迪贾西成为亚马逊CEO以来的首次重大收购。这次收购凸显出亚马逊酝酿已久的雄心：进军医疗健康领域。亚马逊一直在拓展自己的零售业务，现已覆盖书籍、CD、电子产品、狗粮、尿不湿及服装等多种产品。为了寻求新的机会，该公司只能把目标投向此前发力较少的领域，让业务线真正实现拓宽。医疗健康一直是亚马逊高管们梦寐以求的一个领域。
18、他们认为，医疗产业拥有庞大的市场，但目前行业内普遍服务效率低下，而且在提供以客户为中心的服务方面也有所欠缺，而这正是亚马逊尝试发力的一点。OMERS风投公司医疗健康领域的投资人克里斯蒂娜法尔谈到，亚马逊希望成为顾客接受医疗服务的一个“入口”，“他们希望能够提供最好的消费体验。”One Medical总部位于旧金山，运营网络覆盖188家线下医疗网点，主要分布在一些大城市。另外，该公司还提供线上医疗服务，患者支付199美元的年费即可获得。投行Cowen的分析师表示，One Medical的线上就医次数大概是线下的五倍，这很有可能就是它对于亚马逊的吸引力所在。此外，这家公司还有一样东西是亚马逊极为看重的，那就是数据。One Medical建立了自己的电子病例体系，并且还持有15年的医疗及健康系统数据，可供亚马逊使用。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案20.A21.C22.C23.A