It didn't help that the most widespread use of VRML appeared to be virtual shopping malls, which combined the risk of Internet purchasing with nearly all the inconvenience of visiting a real mall.

VRML 最广泛的用途就是虚拟购物中心，这并没有太多用处；因为这除了依然具有访问真正超市的所有不便之处，还引入了互联网购物的风险。

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So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month?

那么，为什么我的本地卖场在下午比那些所有的网络吹嘘的还要繁忙？

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He will face pressure to sell off PayPal as well. Eventually the firm will find the right balance between being an online flea market and a more conventional internet-shopping mall.

他将要面临的还有出售PayPal的压力：公司的最终目标是在在线跳蚤市场和更加传统的网络商场之间找到自己的位置。

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The struggle to make a profit and reduce debt is still being waged at some big companies, including Daiei, once the biggest supermarket chain, Japan Airlines, Sanyo Electric, Rakuten, the biggest internet shopping mall, and Softbank (though the last could be cushioned by its large holding of Yahoo Japan shares).

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The telcos may want to treat the Internet like a shopping mall that they own, but the premises are looking awfully sketchy.

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The expediency of bulk-leasing negotiations may explain why, despite the theory of a few years ago that the Internet would turn malls into dustbins, mall REITs in general have scored higher total returns (stock appreciation plus dividends) than other kinds of property trusts.

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