世界名牌博览：佳能

佳能（Canon ），是日本的一家全球领先的生产影像与信息产品的综合集团，从1937年成立以来，经过多年不懈的努力，佳能已将自己的业务全球化并扩展到各个领域。佳能的产品系列共分布于三大领域：个人产品、办公设备和工业设备，主要产品包括照相机及镜头、数码相机、打印机、复印机、传真机、扫描仪、广播设备、医疗器材及半导体生产设备等。

佳能总部位于日本东京，并在美洲、欧洲、亚洲及日本设有4大区域性销售总部，在世界各地拥有子公司200家，雇员超过10万人。

2016年3月9日，日本东芝公司于今日召开董事会并最终决定将旗下东芝医疗系统公司出售给佳能公司，佳能公司提出的收购报价为7000亿日元(约合人民币405亿元)。

 

Canon is one of the world’s top makers¹ of digital imaging and photography equipment. The company was founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1937. It started life as Kwanon but changed to Canon in 1947. It has grown to become synonymous for high quality and affordable² products. It has three main areas of operations: Its Office Business Unit manufactures copy machines and printers; its Consumer Business Unit produces SLR and digital cameras and lenses, and video cameras; and its Industry and Other Business Unit is responsible for semiconductor³ equipment, medical image recording⁴ equipment, computers, scanners and calculators. It has an annual revenue in excess of $35 billion. Canon recently topped a survey of 56 companies by the Clean Air-Cool Planet organization for climate-friendliness.

 

 

1 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

3 semiconductor   

n.半导体

参考例句：

• In the beginning,engineers hoped to use semiconductor lasers.在开始时，工程师们希望能够利用半导体激光器。
• The main agent of the company brand semiconductor sales.本公司主要代理各品牌半导体销售。

4 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。