世界名牌博览：摩托罗拉

（Motorola Inc ），原名：Galvin Manufacturing Corporation，成立于1928年。1947年，改名为Motorola，从1930年代开始作为商标使用。总部设在美国伊利诺伊州绍姆堡，位于芝加哥市郊。世界财富百强企业之一，是全球芯片制造、电子通讯的领导者。

2014年1月30日，中国联想集团以29亿元美元收购了摩托罗拉公司的手机业务。

 

Motorola is a manufacturer of wireless¹ mobile phones, two-way radios, microprocessors² and wireless network infrastructure³ equipment. Its website says: “Motorola is a global communications leader powered by a passion to invent and an unceasing commitment to advancing the way the world connects.” The company was founded in 1928 by Paul Galvin under the name Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Its first product was a battery component⁴ for radios. Galvin bought the name ‘Motorola’ in 1930. The company says: “For more than 80 years, our communication solutions have allowed people, businesses and governments to be more connected and more mobile.” In 1969, Neil Armstrong spoke⁵ his famous words "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" from the Moon on a Motorola radio.

 

 

1 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

2 microprocessors   

微（信息）处理机( microprocessor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors. 在微处理机问世之前这种工作是难以想象的。
• In microprocessors, the name used for the IEEE interface bus standard. 微处理机中，IEEE接口总线标准的名字。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。