part one: 原文&单词 ⅰ①not long ago, being the boss of a big western tech firm was a dream job. ②as the billionsrolled in, so did theplaudits: google, facebook, amazon and others were making the world a better place. ③today these companies are accused of beingbad—big, anti-competitive, addictive anddestructiveto democracy.
第①段单词： 1.rolled in 纷至沓来；涌现；滚滚而来
2.*plaudit [‘pl?:d?t] n. 鼓掌，喝彩；称赞，赞扬
3.bad [b?d] adj. 邪恶的；不道德的
4.destructive [d??str?kt?v] adj. 破坏（性）的；毁灭（性）的
ⅱ①much of this techlash ismisguided. ②thepresumptionthat big businesses must necessarily bewickedisplainwrong. ③apple is to be admired as the world’s most valuable listed company for the simple reason that it makes things people want to buy, even while facingfiercecompetition. ④many online services would be worse if their providers were smaller.
第②段单词： 5.misguided [?m?s?ga?d?d] adj. （观点、计划）受错误思想引导的；（人）被错误地引导的，被引入歧途的
6.presumption [pr??z?mp?n] n. 假定；假设
7.wicked [?w?k?d] adj. 缺德的；邪恶的；恶毒的
8.plain [ple?n] adv. （用于形容词前加强语气）显然，完全地
9.fierce [f??s] adj. 极度的；巨大的；强烈的 ⅲ①but big tech platforms do indeed raise a worry about fair competition. ②that is partly because they often benefit from legalexemptions. ③unlike publishers, facebook and google are rarely held responsible for what users do on them. ④nor do the titans simply compete in a market. ⑤increasingly, they are the market itself. ⑥there is thus ajustifiedfear that the tech titans will use their power to protect and extend theirdominance, to thedetrimentof consumers.
第③段单词： 10.exemption [?g?zemp?n] n. 免除；豁免
（注：豁免制度，在实践中，某些特定领域、特定事项或者特定情况下的垄断行为，尽管在形式上符合反垄断法的禁止规定，但总体上看却有利于社会整体利益，因而将其从反垄断法的适用范围排除出去，这就是反垄断法的豁免制度。）
11.justified [?d??st?fa?d] adj. （决定、行为或想法）正当的，合理的
12.dominance [‘d?m?n?ns] n. 支配；控制
13.*detriment [?detr?m?nt] n. 损害，伤害，不利 ⅳ①the early signs are alreadyvisible. ②the european commission has accused google of using control of android, its mobile operating system, togive its own apps a leg up. ③facebook keeps buying firms which could one daylureusers away: first instagram, then whatsapp and most recently tbh, an app that lets teenagers send each othercompliments anonymously.
第④段单词： 14.visible [?v?z?bl] adj. 可见的；看得见的
15.give…a leg up 助人一臂之力
16.lure [l??] v. 引诱；诱惑；哄骗
17.compliment [?k?mpl?m?nt] n. 赞美；恭维（话）
18.anonymously [?’n?n?m?sl?] adv. 匿名地 ⅴ①what to do? ②in the past, societies havetackledmonopolieseither bybreaking them upor byregulatingthem as a publicutility. ③today both thoseapproacheshave bigdrawbacks. ④the traditional tools of utilities regulation, such as price controls and profitcaps, are hard to apply, since most products are free and would come at a high price inforgoneinvestment and innovation. ⑤likewise, a full-scale break-up wouldcripplethe platforms’ economies of scale, worsening the service they offer consumers. 第⑤段单词： 19.tackle [?t?kl] v. （果断或高效地）应对，处理，解决（难题或任务）
20.monopoly [m??n?p?l?] n. 垄断企业；专卖者
21.break … up （使）分裂；（被）拆分；（使）破碎
22.regulate [?regjule?t] v. （尤指通过规章制度）管理，调整，控制
23.*utility [ju:?t?l?t?] n. 公用事业
24.approach [??pr??t?] n. 方法；态度；手段
25.drawback [?dr?:b?k] n. 缺点；缺陷；不利条件
26.cap [k?p] n. （收入、支出或借贷金额的）最高限额
27.*forgo [f?:?g?u] v. 摒弃；摒绝；放弃
28.cripple [?kr?pl] v. 严重毁坏（机器）；破坏（组织、体系） ⅵ①two broad changes of thinking, however, wouldgo a long way towardssensiblytaming the titans. ②the first is to make better use of existing competition law. ③trustbustersshouldscrutinisemergerstogaugewhether a deal is likely toneutralisea potential long-term threat. ④to ensure that the platforms do not favour their own products,oversightgroups could be set up todeliberateon complaints fromrivals.
第⑥段单词： 29.go a long way towards doing sth 对做某事 助很大
30.sensibly [‘sens?bl?] adv. （行为或决定）明智地，理智地，合理地
31.*trustbuster [‘tr?st?b?st?] n. 要求解散托拉斯的人，联邦反托拉斯检查官
（注：托拉斯，trust音译，垄断组织的高级形式之一。由许多生产同类商品的企业或产品有密切关系的企业合并组成。旨在垄断销售市场、争夺原料产地和投资范围，加强竞争力量，以获取高额垄断利润。）
32.*scrutinise [?skru:t?na?z] v. 详细检查；仔细察看
33.*merger [?m?:d??] n. （公司、组织等的）合并，归并
34.gauge [ɡe?d?] v. 判断，判定（人的行动、情感或意图）
35.*neutralise [?nju:tr?la?z] v. 使无效；使无法正常工作
36.*oversight [???v?sa?t] n. 照管；监督；负责
37.deliberate [d??l?b?r?t] v. （尤指作出重大决定前）慎重考虑，仔细思考
38.rival [?ra?vl] n. 竞争者；对手；敌手 ⅶ①second, trustbusters need to thinkafreshabout how tech markets work. ②acentral insight, one increasingly discussed among economists and regulators, is that personal data are thecurrencyin which customers actually buy services. ③through thatprism, the tech titans receive valuable information—on their users’ behaviour, friends and purchasing habits—in return for their products. ④it needs a new set of laws to govern the ownership and exchange of data, with the aim of givingsolidrights to individuals. 第⑦段单词： 39.*afresh [??fre?] adv. 重新；从头；另行
40.central [?sentr?l] adj. 最重要的；核心的
41.insight [??nsa?t] n. 洞悉；深入了解；深刻见解
42.currency [?k?r?ns?] n. 通货；货币
43.*prism [?pr?z?m] n. 棱镜
44.solid [?s?l?d] adj. （工作、意见等）切实有用的，充实的，实实在在的 ⅷ①in essence this means giving people more control over their information. ②regulators couldobligeplatform firms to makeanonymisedbulk data available to competitors, in return for a fee. ③such data-sharing requirements could becalibratedto firms’ size: the bigger platforms are, the more they have to share. ④these mechanisms would turn data from something titanshoard, tosuppresscompetition, into something users share, tofosterinnovation. 第⑧段单词： 45.oblige [??bla?d?] v. （形势、规定或法律）强迫，迫使
46.*anonymise [??n?n?ma?z] v. 隐去（试验结果等）中的姓名资料，使匿名
47.*calibrate [?k?l?bre?t] v. 校定，校准，调节（计量器具）
48.*hoard [h?:d] v. 贮藏；囤积
49.suppress [s??pres] v. 压制，抑制，阻止（进程或活动）
50.foster [?f?st?] v. 促进；鼓励；培养 ⅸ①none of this will be simple, but it would tame the titans withoutwreckingthegainsthey have brought. 第⑨段单词： 51.*wreck [rek] v. 毁掉；毁坏；损坏
52.gain [ge?n] v. （财务）收益，获利
（标*的为超纲词） part two: 长难句语法点拨 to ensurethat the platforms do not favour their own products,oversightgroups could be set up todeliberateon complaints fromrivals.
标红部分为主句，蓝色部分为不定式作目的状语，绿色部分为that引导的宾语从句。
deliberate 熟词僻义，v.仔细考虑;深思熟虑
deliberate on sth
part three: 写作句型借鉴 as xx rolled in, so did yy: ……
随着xx滚滚涌来，yy也纷纷而来：
原文例句：
as the billions rolled in, so did the plaudits: google, facebook, amazon and others were making the world a better place.随着几百万钱财滚滚涌来，赞赏也纷纷而来：谷歌、脸书、亚马逊和其他科技公司将世界变成了一个更好的地方。
there is thus ajustifiedfear that ……, to thedetrimentof aa.
担心……，损害aa的权益，也在情理之中。
原文例句：
there is thus a justified fear that the tech titans will use their power to protect and extend their dominance, to the detriment of consumers.因此，担心科技巨头们会利用他们的权力捍卫并扩大其市场主导权，损害消费者的权益，也在情理之中。
in the past, aa havetackledxx either by…… or by …….
过去，aa处理/解决xx不是…….，便是…….。
原文例句：
in the past, societies have tackled monopolies either by breaking them up or by regulating them as a public utility. 过去，社会处理垄断企业不是将其解体，便是将其作为公用事业进行管理。
