Raymond簡單說英語園地

u        背景介紹：

        Google最近與官司很有緣。繼網路搜索被控壟斷市場後，歐盟又針對其智慧型手機Android系統是否涉及壟斷，開始一一向其他公司調查，希望獲得線索。

u        新聞報導：

        Google isn’t having a good summer. Just as vacationers are catching the rays, European storm clouds are gathering over the Internet search giant.

        EU regulators are poised to unleash a formal investigation into Android, Google’s operating system for mobile devices, on the back of concerns that it is promoting its own services such as maps and applications and shutting out rivals.

        Once regulators have pored over the responses, and if they find evidence to support their concerns about Android, Almunia’s as yet unnamed successor would likely unveil a formal probe.

u        片(俚)語：

1. 1.      catch the rays：曬太陽。

        例句： I thought I'd take my lunch outside and catch a few rays.

                (我想在外面吃午餐，順便曬太陽。)

1. 2.      on the back of：在一件事情之後。

                例句：The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of its previous successful campaigns.

                (這家廣告公司繼之前成功活動後，又再度取得新合約。)

1. 3.      shut out：阻止他人參與競爭。

        例句：A: Did you win? B: Yea, we got a shut out! A: What was the score?

                  B: 13-0!

1. 4.      pore over：仔細觀察。

        例句：She pored over the reports, looking for errors. (他很仔細地看報告，找出是否有錯誤。)

u        單字：

1. 1.      unleash：解開；提出。
2. 2.      operating system：作業系統。
3. 3.      evidence：證據。
4. 4.      successor：繼任者。