2010/09/04

This Day in History September 4

The use of the Internet and its seemingly limitless resources is an everyday event for most of us. It's hard to think of a time when our lives weren't dependent on computers or when favorite sites like Google weren't around. Google was launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin on this date in 1998. Their mission for creating Google was simple. They wanted to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Today, this simple goal has changed. Since being incorporated, Google has grown rapidly. Now, it offers everything from email to travel directions to satellite images of everywhere in the world. With the list of services growing daily, there's no limit to where Google will take us.

歷史上的今天 9月4日…

對大部分人來說,使用網路以及利用裡頭似乎無窮無盡的資源是件稀鬆平常的事。我們很難想像生活中不靠電腦,或是沒有像Google這樣深獲大眾喜愛的網站,日子會是如何?Google於1998年的今天,由賴瑞.佩奇和賽吉.布林創立。他們創立Google的使命很簡單,就是想「統整全世界的 資料,使其成為全世界的人都能使用的實用資料」。如今,這個簡單的目標已經有所改變。Google在成為股份有限公司後已經快速成長。現在它提供的範圍從 電子郵件、交通路徑指引,到全球各地的衛星圖片應有盡有。Google提供的服務項目與日俱增,勢必會帶領我們迎向一個無可限量的未來。

大補帖

Google幾乎剛起步就一舉成功,賴瑞與賽吉接著聘請艾瑞克.史密特(Eric Schmidt)擔任執行長(CEO)一職,分擔營運這家龐大企業的責任。2004年,Google首度釋股,股價立刻飆漲。賴瑞與賽吉並列為2010年全球排行第24名的富豪,各自擁有175億美元的身價,賴瑞˙佩奇也因此晉身成為網路世代(the Internet Age)最重要的人物。圖為Google創辦人賴瑞˙佩奇(右)及賽吉.布林合影,資料照片。

單字片語

◎seemingly
adv.似乎
◎limitless
a.無限的
例:There are limitless possibilities in life.(生命中充滿了無限的可能性。)
◎be dependent on...
依賴……
◎mission
n.使命,任務
◎organize
vt.組織;籌劃
例:The residents are trying to organize a protest against the building of the new factory.(居民正在籌劃抗議行動,反對建造新工廠。)
◎universally
adv.普遍地;全球性地
◎accessible
a.可接觸的;可到達的
◎rapidly
adv.快速地
◎satellite
n.衛星

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