A:Today people are hearing about information superhighways and the intemet.
现会人们不断听人谈论信息高速公路和互联网。
B:Is this change going to be beneficial for theindividuals like you and me.
这种变化对于你,我这样的个人来说有什么裨益?
A:Yes, I think so. My friend once used it mostly to play chess, but now he has learnt how to do other things on the Internet.
我认为有,我的朋友经常上网下象棋但现在他学会干别的事了。
B:There's no doubt the Internet will be a powerful commercial medium. It'll connect hundreds of millions of customers and open up huge markets for all kinds of products and services.
毫无疑问互联网是非常成功的商务媒介。它使成千上万的顾客联系在一起,为各种商品和服务打开广阔的市场。
A:That's true. I can imagine companies sending advertisements directly to customers over the net. Customers, in turn, can examine and compare whatever goods they want to buy and tell their computers to find them at the best price offered.
真是这样,我可以想到各公司通过网络直接向客户发送广告。客户则通过网络进行检验和比较,让电脑找出价格最优的产品。
B:Yeah. It'll be a shoppers heaven. That's the use of net in E-commerce.
是的。这将是购物者的天堂.这就是网络在电子商务中的应用