Rather than fight the crowds in the Chicago and San Francisco areas, thousands of busy people log on (登陆) to the Peapod, an online shopping and delivery service. Peapod is giving us a look into the future of retailing (零售业 ) -the virtual store. Peapod is a pioneer in a rapidly expanding industry that is devoted to enabling us to buy almost anything from PC.
Peapod’s online shopping system is linked directly to its partner store’s computer systems. When you send your shopping list to Peapod, an order is delivered to the nearest partner store. A professionally trained shopper takes your order, grabs (抓) a shopping cart, and does your shopping for you. The professional shopper takes a fraction of the time you would take because the list is ordered by aisle (栏) and the shopper knows exactly what to get. The system saves people time and money.
Busy people in Chicago and San Francisco do their shopping by entering (46) .
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The economy of the United States, as well as that of most developed nations, operates according to the principles of the free market. This differs from the economies of socialist or Communist countries, where governments play a strong role in deciding what goods and services will be produced, how they will be distributed, and how much they will cost. Businesses in free-market economies benefit from certain fundamental rights or freedoms. All people in free-market societies have the right to own, use, buy, sell, or give away property, thus permitting them to own and operate their own businesses as private, profit-seeking enterprises. Business owners in free markets may choose to run their businesses however they like. This right gives businesses the authority to hire and fire employees, invest money, purchase machinery and equipment, and choose the markets where they want to operate. In doing so, however, they may not violate or offend against the rights of other businesse
A. not violate or offend against the rights of other businesses and people
B. have the right to keep or reinvest the profits
C. generally discourage competition by protecting more powerful, large enterprises from being hurt by small businesses and consumers
D. keep on guard against the market controlled by large companies
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