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The General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate. It is usually listed in the top three largest companies in the world. The company was started by the inventor Thomas Edison in 1890.He originally called it Edison General Electric. A series of successful mergers made the company into an industry giant. It is involved in aviation, electronics, finance, healthcare, entertainment and more. It employs over 300,000 people and has yearly revenues in excess of $150 billion. Its current slogan is ‘Imagination at Work’. Its website says: “We consider our culture to be among our innovations. Over decades our leaders have built GE’s culture — a place for creating and bringing big ideas to life. Today, that culture is the unifying force for our many business units around the world.”
通用电气公司，简称GE，是一家美国跨国集团。它也是全球三大企业之一。1890年，托马斯·爱迪生创办了通用电气公司。起先，公司叫作爱迪生通用电气公司。一系列成功的合并使该企业成为了产业支柱企业。该公司的领域涉及航空、电子、金融、医疗、娱乐等行业。全球员工超过了30万人，年收入超过了1500亿美金。该企业目前的口号是“让想象成为现实”。其官网称：“我们的文化已经融入到了我们的创新之中。在几十年的时间里，我们的领导人建立起了我们GE独有的文化，在这里你将可以创造思想，并把伟大的思想变为现实。当今，这一文化让我们联系在了一起，并把我们团结在了一起。
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文章解析
1.multinational conglomerate 跨国集团
Tata, the definition of a multinational conglomerate, has begun testing a service that allows farmers to send photos of diseased crops to experts directly from their phones.
Tata 这一跨国联合公司已经开始测试一项服务，让农民直接用他们的手机将得病作物的照片发送给专家。
2.be involved in 涉及到……
As you read through each one, try to focus on the processes and people that will be involved in bringing your vision to reality.
在阅读每一项技能的过程中，尽量集中于将您的远景变为现实所涉及到的流程和人员。
3.A series of 一系列
Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions shook the valley.
轰!轰!轰! 一连串爆破声震撼山谷。
4.in excess of 超过
However, these types of acute effects are only likely within fields in excess of 8T.
然而，这种类型的即刻效应仅在磁场强度超过8T时才可能发生。
