1、Lesson Three The Development of EC in Internet Eran1.Looking back on the history of the application of information technologies in doing business, we can see that it has gone through three stages.nThe first stage is called “Electronic Data Processing Era”, i.e. , the EDP era, during 1955-1974.nThe s
2、econd stage is “Management Information System Era”, MIS Era, during 1975-1994.n2.So, how will the EC develop in EC era?nFirst, no other media can compare with the webs feature of wide-range of contacts and choices.nSecond, in EC era, every company, except the final consumers, faces both new opportun
3、ities and challenges.nFinally, EC has totally transformed the nature of competition, no time limitation or geographical restriction, to make the competition much fair, especially to the small companies.Notesn1. Looking back on the history of the application of information technologies in doing busin
4、ess, we can see that it has gone through three stages.n(1) look back 作 “回顾 ”解释。例如：n look back (upon) ones bitter life in the old societyn 回顾自己在旧社会里的痛苦生活n (2) go through 作 “经历 , 经受 “解释。例如：n You should have a full preparation to go through the one-hour interview.n 你必须准备充分才能经受这一小时的面试。n 本句译为：回顾在做生意中信息技术应用的历史，我们可以看到它经历了三个阶段。n2. to use computer data processing system as a substitute for manual data processing to raise working efficiency.n 这里的 substitute作 “代用品 , 代替者 , 替代 ”解释。例如：n use plastics as a substitute for woodn 用塑料做木材的代用品n a milk substitute prepared from soybeansn 用大豆做的代乳品
