商务英语写作指导：范文汇总（06）

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        　　The last years of twentieth century saw the Internet being used by more and
more companies as a business tool. In 1997 e-commerce was very limited earning a
revenue of less than $25 billion. However, since then, there has been a steady
growth worldwide. This trend looks set to continue into the next century with
revenue from e-commerce rising to reach almost $200 billion by 2003.
        　　Like e-commerce, e-business has shown steady growth with revenue tripling
in the period 1997 to 2000, rising from about $50 billion to $150 billion.
However, during there is predicted to be a far more dramatic increase in
e-business revenue over the next three years. It is thought that by 2003 revenue
from e-business will have reached over $800 billion worldwide.