在那段漫長的風暴期，亞馬遜還是非常努力打響自家品牌，每年投資數百萬美元改善網站的科技。努力終於有了代價：2001到2010年，這家愈挫愈勇的公司以每年平均約30%的速度快速成長。2003年亞馬遜首度獲利，之後幾年的銷售數字以及盈餘持續令人刮目相看。對於一家從自家車庫起家的公司來說，這樣的成績算是相當不錯。
During the long storm, Amazon kept flying the flag and pushing on, investing millions each year to improve its technology. The hard work has paid off. From 2001 to 2010, the resilient company grew by an average of about 30 percent per year. In 2003 Amazon achieved its first profit, and it continued to deliver impressive sales figures and profits in the years that followed. Not bad for a company that started in someone's garage.
【單字及片語】
■ resilient (adj.) 有彈力的；堅韌的：He's a resilient guy.
■ fly the flag 高舉旗幟；表示支持：the drug company is still flying the flag as if nothing had happened.
本文摘錄自《跟白安竹老師學英文閱讀》，中文翻譯請見眾文粉絲團
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