【全球首播】「中国人的骄傲」（二）

brick-and-mortar(adj.)

实际存在的、实体的

Alibaba's future might rely on brick-and-mortar stores.

阿里巴巴集团未来的发展有可能会倚重于实体店。

The rise of online shopping has battered brick-and-mortar retailers.

网购的兴起，一而再，再而三地打击着传统零售行业。

The intro 

(Listening Comprehension)

Hello, this is Mr.Wong speaking. Let's continue our talk about the noteworthy achievements. OK, here we go: You can do almost anything you want on just one single device. But here in China, well, you can do almost anything you want on just one single App. And the company behind it all is Tencent. Not only is it China's biggest social network, but it's the largest gaming company in the world. And now it's the fifth largest internet company on the planet. It's joined Apple, Amazon, and Facebook on the list of massive tech companies that have passed $500 billion in market cap.(market capitalization ~ 市场总值) making it Asia's first company to do this. As a matter of fact, Tencent actually has surpassed Facebook in market value. So what's behind the massive conglomerate(大型联合企业) coming out of China?

Tencent is a Chinese investment holding conglomerate with many, many, many subsidiaries(附属公司). They include social networks, payment systems, media, entertainment, smartphones, e-commerce, property, advertising…and there's still more. And if you ever said the words,"Wouldn't it be nice if there was an App that could …" Chances are, Tencent already has it. The number of people on WeChat is now closing in on one billion users. So how did WeChat become so popular?

In the U.S., back in 1999, there were about 50 computers for every 100 people. In China, there was about one computer for every 100 people. That means most people in China first became acquainted with the internet through smartphones. MaHuaTeng(马化腾) and his co-founders started Tencent in Shenzhen back in 1998. Now, MaHuaTeng is the country's second richest man and worth an estimated value of $42.3 billion. That's more than the founders of Google making him the world's ninth richest man.

In addition to WeChat, there is the social network QQ, then there is WeChat Pay. Entertainment is also a big part of Tencent. Tencent is actually the biggest computer game publisher In the world, bigger than U.S. game publisher EA Arts(美国电玩公司) and Activision Blizzard(美国电玩公司) combined. And if that's not enough, there is its information and news portals(资讯及新闻门户网站), its cloud providers(云端供应服务) and its recent move into artificial intelligence too. Like its rival Alibaba and Baidu, Tencent has its eyes beyond China's 1.4 billion people. The company has invested in American companies including tech juggernaut(巨人、巨无霸) Tesla(汽车品牌) and Snapchat(阅后即焚照片分享应用). And it's even invested in companies that are testing out flying cars and asteroid mining(小行星采矿). Tencent is also planning to get its massively popular video game "King of Glory"(电玩游戏：王者荣耀) into the U.S. Oh man...I would love to work for them, haha, alright let's talk about the phrase of the day which is "brick-and-mortar", check it out!

没看懂？请自己查字典！

（这才是真正的学习过程）

小编推荐历史文章

(请点击蓝色字体收听)

(广告)

(广告)