亞馬遜公司創立人傑夫.貝佐斯於1994年在美國華盛頓州的車庫裡創立公司,並在1995年推出了亞馬遜網路書店。當初選用「亞馬遜」做為網路書店的名稱,是因為他覺得這個名字富有異國情調且與眾不同……
Amazon opened its doors online in 1995. It was truly a "garage business"; the company's founder, Jeff Bezos, started by packaging and shipping books from his home garage. The concept of shopping for books online was very exciting to people. At last, they could locate almost any book without having to make phone calls to several bookstores. People could also save money by shopping on Amazon, which offered discount prices that traditional bookstores couldn't match.
【單字及片語】
• garage (n.) 車庫:a building where a car is parked
• discount (n.) 折扣:an amount of money taken off a product or service's usual price
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