127【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2018英二T3

▶️每日长难句 127

原句：

①The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing—/② Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, / ③but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, / ④which doesn't have any physical product at all.

【2018 英语二 Text 3】

分析：

📝句子之间的逻辑关系

• “破折号”表进一步解释说明句子②解释说明句子①
• “but”表转折，句子③的内容与句子②为转折关系
• 句子④“which”引出非限定性定语从句，解释说明前面的名词词组WhatApp messaging service

📝主句

The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing

📝从句（定语从句）

which doesn't have any physical product at all

生词：

• upmarket adj. 高级的，高端的
• grocery chain 连锁杂货店
• acquire v. 购得，得到，获得
• physical product 实体产品

译文：

数字经济巨头的势头和野心十分惊人——亚马逊公司刚刚宣布以135亿美元的价格收购高端连锁食品店Whole Foods, 而在两年前Facebook公司甚至出资更多收购了压根儿没有任何实体产品的WhatsApp通讯服务。