NewiPhone,newcharger:ApplebendstoEUrules《新款蘋(píng)果手機(jī)充電器將遵照歐盟規(guī)則》NewiPhone,newcharger:ApplebendstoEUrulesApple'slatestiPhonewillalmostcertainlyfeatureaUSB-Cchargepointwhenit1.______(unveil)on12September.Thefirm'sphonescurrentlyuseitsproprietary(專(zhuān)用的)Lightningadaptor（閃電適配器).AEuropeanUnionlawrequiresphonemanufacturers2.______(adopt)acommonchargingconnectionbyDecember2024tosaveconsumersmoneyandcutwaste.MostnewAppleproductssuchas3.______latestiPadsalreadyuseUSB-C,butthefirmhadarguedagainsttheEUrule.WhenitwasintroducedinSeptember2021,anApple4._______(represent)toldBBCNews:"Strictregulationmandatingjustonetypeofconnectorstiflesinnovation(扼殺創(chuàng)新)ratherthanencouragingit,5.______inturnwillharmconsumersinEuropeandaroundtheworld."LightningtoUSB-CadaptorsarealreadyavailablefromotherelectronicsbrandsincludingAmazon,andalliPhonessincetheiPhone8whichlaunchedin20176._______(support)wirelesscharging.AsthecurrentiPhone14nowlookstobethelastAppledeviceto7._______(exclusive)useit,thiscouldmarkthebeginningoftheendoftheLightningcable.It'sunclear8.________thiswillbeaglobalchangetotheproduct.ThechangesareanticipatedinthenewiPhone15andiPhone15Prodeviceswhicharesettobeunveilednextweekatthefirm'sannualautumnevent.TheEUcommon-chargerrulecoversarangeof"smallandmedium-sizedportableelectronics",accordingtotheEU.Anyofthesedevices9.______(charge)usingawiredcablewillhavetohaveaUSBType-Cport,regardless10.______whomakesthedevices.

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inChina蘋(píng)果新產(chǎn)品系列未能在中國(guó)引起轟動(dòng)lineup（n）（人的）陣容；項(xiàng)目安排；節(jié)目安排startinglineup首發(fā)陣容用在產(chǎn)品介紹里，翻譯成“系列”，同義表達(dá)：series，collectioncauseastir引發(fā)轟動(dòng)，引起熱議stir（n）excitement,angerorshockthatisfeltbyanumberofpeople（一些人感到的）激動(dòng)，憤怒，震動(dòng)同義表達(dá)：make/causeasplashupstage（v）搶…的鏡頭；把對(duì)…的注意力吸引過(guò)來(lái)+sbbeupstagedbysb被某人搶鏡頭，被某人搶走注意力rival（n）競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手（v）與…相匹敵rivalsb/sth

Apple’sannualreleaseofitsnewiPhonelineuphasfailedtocreatetheusualbuzzamongChina’sconsumers,thelatestsignofthe

mounting

challengesthecompanyfacesinoneofitsbiggestmarkets.蘋(píng)果公司的每年發(fā)布的新款iPhone系列未能在中國(guó)消費(fèi)者中引起以往的轟動(dòng)，這是該公司在其最大市場(chǎng)之一面臨的日益嚴(yán)峻的挑戰(zhàn)的最新跡象。mounting（adj）上升的，增長(zhǎng)的mountingexcitement/concern/tension越來(lái)越興奮/關(guān)注/緊張近義詞：increasingApple’sdifficultiesareincreasinglyvisibleinChina,whereCovid-relatedfactorydisruptionslastyear

underscored

theneedtomakeitsmanufacturingand

supplychain

lessreliantonthecountry.ThecompanyhasbeenturningtoIndia,theothercountrywhosepopulationexceedsonebillion,whereitismakingmoreiPhones,openingstoresandgaining

marketshare.蘋(píng)果在中國(guó)面臨的困難越來(lái)越明顯，去年與新冠疫情相關(guān)的工廠中斷凸顯出蘋(píng)果需要減少其制造和供應(yīng)鏈對(duì)中國(guó)的依賴(lài)。該公司一直將目光投向印度，這是另一個(gè)人口超過(guò)10億的國(guó)家，該公司正在印度生產(chǎn)更多iPhone、開(kāi)設(shè)專(zhuān)賣(mài)店并擴(kuò)大市場(chǎng)份額。

underscore（v）下畫(huà)線；突出，強(qiáng)調(diào)=underlineApplelastweekreleasedanurgentsecurityupdateto

fixoperatingsystem

flaws

thatenabledPegasus

spyware

fromIsrael’sNSOGrouptobeplantediniPhonesandiPads.蘋(píng)果上周發(fā)布了緊急安全更新，以修復(fù)操作系統(tǒng)漏洞，該漏洞導(dǎo)致以色列NSO集團(tuán)的Pegasus間諜軟件被植入iPhone和iPad中。①There'sageneralruleaboutconsumerelectronics:Theolderadevicebecomes,themorecompetitorsappearandpricesfall.Thiswastruefortelevisions,personalcomputersandportablemusicplayers.①消費(fèi)類(lèi)電子產(chǎn)品有一個(gè)普遍的規(guī)則：設(shè)備越舊，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手就越多，價(jià)格就會(huì)下跌。電視、個(gè)人電腦和便攜式音樂(lè)播放器都是如此。

②Itwassupposedtohappenwithsmartphones.ButtheiPhonehasdefiedgravity.②這本應(yīng)該發(fā)生在智能手機(jī)上。但iPhone已經(jīng)挑戰(zhàn)了慣例。③OnTuesday,Applewillunveilthe17thiterationofitsflagshipproduct.Remarkably,atanageinwhichmostconsumerdeviceshavelostsomeoftheirappealtousers,Applehasincreaseditsshareofsmartphonesalesoverlessexpensiverivals.③周二，蘋(píng)果將推出其旗艦產(chǎn)品的第17代產(chǎn)品。值得注意的是，在大多數(shù)消費(fèi)設(shè)備對(duì)用戶(hù)失去吸引力的時(shí)代，蘋(píng)果在智能手機(jī)銷(xiāo)售中的份額已經(jīng)超過(guò)了價(jià)格較低的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

④Overthepastfiveyears,theiPhonehasincreaseditspercentageoftotalsmartphonessoldaroundtheworldwhileexpandingitsshareofsalesinfouroftheworld'slargestregions:China,Japan,EuropeandIndia.④在過(guò)去的五年里，iPhone在全球智能手機(jī)總銷(xiāo)量中所占的比例有所提高，同時(shí)在全球四個(gè)最大地區(qū)（中國(guó)、日本、歐洲和印度）的銷(xiāo)量份額也有所擴(kuò)大。WhentalkingaboutApple,itishardtoavoid

superlatives.Itistheworld’smostvaluablefirm,withamarketvalueof$2.5trn.Over80%ofthathasbeen

amassed

duringthe

tenure

ofTimCook.MuchofthatsuccesshascomefrommaintainingApple’srecordofinnovationanditsbrand.ButMrCookhasalsomadethemostofaneraofopen,globalized

capitalism

thatisfadingaway.Heplanstostayinchargeforfiveyearsormore.Howhedealswiththenewenvironmentwillformthenext

epic

chapterinApple’sstory.只要談到蘋(píng)果，就不能不用上“最”這個(gè)詞。蘋(píng)果公司是全球最有價(jià)值的公司，市值高達(dá)2.5萬(wàn)億美元，這其中超過(guò)80%都是在蒂姆·庫(kù)克(TimCook)任職期間積累下來(lái)的。這一成功很大程度上要?dú)w功于蘋(píng)果在創(chuàng)新和品牌方面的堅(jiān)持。但庫(kù)克也充分利用了開(kāi)放、全球化的資本主義時(shí)代，如今這一時(shí)代正走向消亡。他計(jì)劃在接下來(lái)的五年或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間內(nèi)繼續(xù)掌舵蘋(píng)果。庫(kù)克如何應(yīng)對(duì)新環(huán)境將構(gòu)成蘋(píng)果歷史的下一個(gè)宏偉篇章。superlative/su??p??l?t?v/用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“極好的”，英文釋義為Ifyoudescribesomethingassuperlative,youmeanthatitisextremelygood.Some

superlative

winesaremadeinthisregion.

一些極好的葡萄酒產(chǎn)自這個(gè)地區(qū)。

Applehasalsothrivedinanerawhengovernmentswererelaxedaboutfirmswithhighmarketshares.Whilethe

handset

sectorusedtobe

brutal

(thinkoftheriseandfallofBlackBerry),andisstillverycompetitiveforcheaperphones,atthehighendAppleis

ascendant,witharevenuemarketshareofover60%inAmericaandadominantpositioninoperatingsystemsthere.蘋(píng)果能夠繁榮發(fā)展，是因?yàn)槠渌幍臅r(shí)代中，各國(guó)政府對(duì)于占很高市場(chǎng)份額的公司都秉持了寬松的態(tài)度。盡管手機(jī)行業(yè)一度競(jìng)爭(zhēng)殘酷（黑莓手機(jī)的崛起和衰落就是例子），而且低端手機(jī)市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)仍十分激烈，但是在高端市場(chǎng)上蘋(píng)果卻獨(dú)占鰲頭，在美國(guó)蘋(píng)果的收入市場(chǎng)份額超過(guò)了60%，其操作系統(tǒng)也占據(jù)著主導(dǎo)地位。handset/?h?ndset/用作名詞時(shí)，表示“電話聽(tīng)筒”，英文釋義為T(mén)hehandsetofatelephoneisthepartthatyouholdnexttoyourfaceinordertospeakandlisten.The

handset

marketismaturing.手機(jī)設(shè)備市場(chǎng)逐漸飽和。

However,

geopolitical

tensionsthreatenglobalsupplychains.Western

trustbusters

are

targeting

tech,includingthoseGooglepaymentsandApple'sAppStore,whichEpicGames,themakerof“Fortnite”,accusesof

levying

excessivefees.AndadealthisyearbrokeredbytheOECDmaygraduallyforcemultinationalstopaymoretax.然而，地緣政治局勢(shì)緊張，威脅著全球供應(yīng)鏈。西方反壟斷機(jī)構(gòu)正將矛頭對(duì)準(zhǔn)科技公司，包括谷歌支付以及蘋(píng)果應(yīng)用商店等，其中“堡壘之夜”的開(kāi)發(fā)商英佩游戲就指控平臺(tái)抽傭過(guò)高。今年經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織(OECD)促成了一項(xiàng)協(xié)議，跨國(guó)公司很可能將逐步被迫繳納更多稅費(fèi)。geopolitical/?d?i???p??l?t?kl/用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“地緣政治學(xué)的”，英文釋義為Geopoliticalmeansrelatingtoorconcernedwithgeopolitics.Earlyresolutionof

geopolitical

issueswouldbebeneficial.

盡早解決地緣政治學(xué)議題是有益的。trustbuster/?tr?st?b?st?(r)/用作名詞時(shí)，表示“要求解散托拉斯的人”，英文釋義為Apersonwhoseeksthedissolutionofcorporatetrusts,espafederalofficialwhoprosecutestrustsundertheantitrustlaws.Atanyrate,hersuccessfultenu