? turn the corner 渡過難關(guān)
? corner shop/store 街角商店
? convenience store 便利店=C-store
On paper, this makes them perfectly suited to the pandemic. And in practice?
within walking distance; within reach (of…); within sight/earshot (of…)在看得到/聽得到(某物)的范圍內(nèi)
? linger v. 徘徊祭隔；逗留
? basic necessities 基本生活必需品=essentials——essential/non-essential shop(非)必要商店
? charge (up) v. 充電
? on paper 據(jù)書面材料，在書面上，在理論上——in practice 在實際上
Going into covid-19, convenience stores were a mixed bag(大雜燴摧扇；混合體). Some benefited as busier lifestyles, smaller households and ageing populations led more people to shop little, often and locally. They were the only brick-and-mortar shops(實體店) in South Korea whose sales grew in 2019.
? benefit (from…) 得益(于…)
? household n. 家庭邀窃；一家人——household registration 戶口登記泛烙，head of the household 一家之主案淋；a. 家庭的——household products 家庭日用品
? outlet n. 奧特萊斯铅歼、折扣店宦言；商店扇单；(液體、氣體)排出口out+let——inlet (液體奠旺、氣體)入口
? minimarket/minimart 小商店
? franchise n. 特許經(jīng)營權(quán)——a catering franchise餐飲經(jīng)營權(quán)蜘澜，a franchise agreement 特許經(jīng)營權(quán)；n. 獲得特許經(jīng)營權(quán)的商店
Elsewhere they have struggled. In Japan, home to the world’s three biggest chains, they have been in outright decline. [The share price] of Seven & i Holdings(,the giant which owns 7-Eleven and accounts for a third of the industry’s $360bn in global revenues), [has dropped by around 30% over the past two years,] [as investors cooled on its saturated domestic market.] Its two Japanese rivals, FamilyMart and Lawson, have been laggards, too (see chart). In many countries supermarkets have been muscling in on their traditional high-street turf.
? home to… 某事的起源地
? outright a. 徹底的响疚；直接的鄙信；ad. 干凈利落地——they win outright.他們徹底贏得了勝利。
? be in decline 走下坡路忿晕，衰落
? saturated a. 飽和的装诡；充滿的——be saturated with sth. 浸滿…
? laggard n. 遲緩落后的人——lag v. 落后， lag behind sb./sth. 落后于…
? muscle in on sth. 強(qiáng)行干預(yù)(貶)——Banks are muscling in on the insurance business.銀行在查收保險生意杏糙。
? high-street a. 商業(yè)的慎王，買賣的；n. 草皮宏侍，引申為地盤赖淤，勢力范圍
? turf n. 草皮；地盤——home turf 主場谅河；turf war 地盤戰(zhàn)爭
? on the move 在行動中咱旱、奔波中
Despite the potential pandemic boost(n. 幫助确丢、刺激；v. 使增長), performance this year has been similarly patchy. … Although some pandemic shopping habits favour convenience stores, others do not. Rivals(=competitor/opponent) are offering the same goods for less and brought to your doorstep, often in an hour or two. Deliveroo, a British food-delivery app(外賣軟件) (part-owned by Amazon), ferries(v.擺渡;運(yùn)送) booze(n.酒精飲料) from supermarkets. In August DoorDash, an American one that teamed up with(與…合作) 7-Eleven in the pandemic’s early days, launched its own virtual DashMart.
? patchy a. 零散的吐限；好壞不一的——patch n. 補(bǔ)丁
? as per… 按照…=according to…——The work was carried out as per instructions.工作是按照指示進(jìn)行的鲜侥。
? the height of sth …的高潮（或高峰）
? cooperative a.合作的，cooperate v.合作诸典，cooperation n.合作——【區(qū)別】corporation n.大公司描函；法人，corporate a. 公司的狐粱；法人的
? year on year 與上年同期相比舀寓、同比
? thanks to… 因為…；得益于…=due to…/because of…
? operating profit 運(yùn)營利潤
? be in the red 負(fù)債肌蜻、赤字=be in debt/losing money——be in the black 有盈余互墓、盈利
? A for… A賣多少錢——3 for 2 買三樣付兩樣的錢
To fend off rivals, stores must evolve with shoppers’ changing ideas of convenience, says Amanda Bourlier of Euromonitor International, a research firm. One American chain, Wawa, has opened drive-through stores. Another, Casey’s, has reported a surge in digital sales. Stores in South Korea and Japan, which face labour shortages(勞動力短缺), are toying with automated payments(自動結(jié)賬).
? fend sb. off 擋開…的攻擊=fight off/ward off 主動抵御攻擊——【同根】defend 防守
? evolve v. 進(jìn)化；逐步發(fā)展——evolution n.進(jìn)化蒋搜；演變篡撵，the theory of evolution 進(jìn)化論
? drive-through 免下車服務(wù);得來速=curbside/kerbside pickup
? toy with sth. 優(yōu)柔寡斷地考慮…
? -odd 大約；…出頭——【近義】-ish 大約：He is fortyish.他大約四十豆挽。
? a bet on sth. 就某事打賭
商店有關(guān)：corner shop, convenience store, minimart, chain, outlet, supermarket, brick-and mortar shop, franchise, drive through, high street
產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)相關(guān)：basic necessities, household product, automated payment, booze, food delivery app
