We are much more focused on the next 10 years!
오늘 실용문 해설 시간에는 영자신문에 나오는 기사를 해석하는 시간을 갖도록 하겠다.
오늘 살펴볼 기사는 세계적인 인터넷 기업인 구글(Google)에 관한 내용이다.
올해로 창사 10주년을 맞이한 구글의 역사와 앞으로 당면한 과제에 관한 신문 기사를 읽으며 영어도 공부하고 구글의 도전정신도 배워보도록 하자.
10 Years of Google
Google Inc. has changed the world.
The way we learn，buy things，consume entertainment，view ourselves and everyone else？
all have been drastically transformed by Google，incorporated in California 10 years ago on Sunday.
In the process，it has become one of the most powerful companies on the planet.
It all began with Larry Page and Sergey Brin，two Stanford University graduate students who turned their research project into a technology company.
They bet that their search engine could run better than the rest and help，as they say，organize the world's information.
They called it Google.
With its multicoloured logo and stunningly quick results，the search engine not only became a pop culture hit but created one of the most active young verbs in our vocabulary.
Along the way，the now thirty－something founders recruited Eric Schmidt as chief executive officer，made gobs of money and built a 21st－century advertising empire on the simple notion of selling plain text ads based on search terms.
The Mountain View，Calif.，company's unusual perks and practices ―free food and a dog－friendly campus，one day a week for employees to spend on experimental projects of their choice，funding of space travel and alternative energy businesses ―have become a case study in corporate quirk.
Yet，as Google enters its second decade，concerns have arisen over its dominant influence on the Internet and the information it collects.
Google handles nearly two－thirds of online search queries，drawing greater scrutiny from regulators and privacy watchdogs.
