翻译：

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly and massively changing our business personal lives- our jobs, our purchasing experiences, our fortunes, our business strategies, and our expectations for the times ahead . It is causing up heavals in the way that business, large and small, must strive to become or continue to be successful. It is changing the ways in which business and consumers interact with their product and service supplies. It is creating opportunities for whole new breeds of business ventures. It is causing governments to rethink aspects of the traditional regulatory roles. It has an impact on virtually all business, professionals, consumers, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments. It is global in scope, with the ability to leap national boundaries in ways never seen before.

电子商务正在迅速而广泛地改变我们的企业和个人生活——我们的工作、购物经验，我们的企业战略和我们对未来的期待。它正促成大大小小的企业在努力成功或不断成功之路上的巨变。它正改变着企业、消费者及产品服务供应商的互动方式。它为全新类型的商业投机创造机会，促使政府重新思考其传统的管理角色。实际上对所有企业、消费者、企业家、投资商及政府都产生着影响，以前所未有的方式跨越国界，影响全球。

1. 自第二次世界大战以来，由于实行密集型农业和灌溉，大约90%的牧场消失了。(intensive)

About 90 percent meadows have disappeared since the Second World War due to intensive agriculture and drainage.

2. 有些国家采取严厉的保护措施来保护犀牛。(protective, rhinos)

Some countries have taken more drastic protective measures to save the rhinos.

3. 你今天说的话和上星期说的话不符。(consistent)

What you say now is not consistent with what you said last week.

4. 我们可以对设计加以修改以使它更适合商业生产，(modify)

We can modify the design to make it suitable for commercial production.

5. 尽管她生病了，她还是积极地参与政策的制定。(engage in)

Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.

6. 父母往往会把自己的道德观强加于他们的孩子。(impose)

Parents tend to impose their own moral values on their children.

7. 你知道，这就是我们所面临的难题——供应商不可靠。(be up against)

You see, this is what we’re up against——the suppliers just aren’t reliable.

8. 电视使我们跟上科学和zz的最新发展。(enable)

Television enables us to follow the latest developments in science and politics.

9. 教师对学校里的抽烟现象视而不见。(blind)

Teachers were turning a blind eye to smoking in school.

10.他竭力贬低她在那项研究中的贡献，从而获得全部奖励。(minimize)

He minimized the value of her contribution to his research so that he got all the praise.