[多项选择]Technology: the importance to a company of regularly upgrading its technological equipment

参考答案:Suggested answers:
a．It is very important for a company to upgrade its technological equipment. Technology is developing very fast. if you don’t upgrade the technological equipment regularly, you won’t be able to keep pace with time. The IT revolution has provided opportunities for a company to manufacture more effectively offshore in other countries, sometimes for cost benefits, sometimes for more precise targeting within international markets. However, if you fail to upgrade its technological equipment regularly, you won’t be able to communicate the pride in your production to the Chinese and global consumer. As a result, it will end up with getting nowhere in doing business.
b．All companies, big or small, need to upgrade regularly its technological equipment. As in all developed countries, the irreversible tide of information technology is evident in China, where a wave of changes to the industrial and social fabric of the country has generally been considered as benign. As elsewhere, the Internet in China is grasped enthusiastically as an enlightening and enabling tool for disseminating information, not just in conventional office or business situations but also in places like convenience stores, where Internet terminals are provided to create a multi-function platform for banking, entertainment, gaming and e-mailing as well as shopping. So, if you want to do your business well, you have to upgrade regularly you technological equipment.
c．Almost all companies are now using website to provide their new services and information. Based on information provided by website, people can analyze past customer behavior to anticipate customers’ needs, thus allowing suppliers and customers controlled access to the data they need. people now have greater ability to offer goods and services to the consumer over the Web. They can present goods more effectively, take orders and invoice on-line. This means improving margins for the business and a faster, more responsive service for customers. They have built, through website, our reputation on personal service and high quality products. Therefore, it is incredible not to upgrade technological equipment.
答案解析:[解析] irreversible tide不可抗拒的潮流。enlightening有启迪作用的，使人领悟的。incredible难于置信的，不可思议的。benign善良的，宽厚的，有利的。