20170307学习笔记
(1)Big three carriers to hang up on roaming charges国内三大手机运营商将于十月起取消漫游费
roaming charges漫游费
roam vi. 漫游,闲逛,徜徉
the Beijing Film Academy's school of performing arts北京电影学院表演艺术专业
make long-distance calls to sb 给 打长途电话
telecom companies 电信公司
ditch controversial fees取消有争议收费
telecom abbr. telecommunication电信
carrier n.电信公司
telecom carriers电信运营商
ditch/scrap/discard/abandon v.抛弃
scrap domestic long-distance and roaming charges from October从十月起废弃国内长途和漫游费
cloud computing云计算
big data大数据
China Mobile Communications Corp中国移动通信公司
China Mobile中国移动
China United Network Communications Group Co中国联通通信公司
China Telecommunications Corp中国电信公司
push forward with 推进,推展
account for占比例
such fees account for 8 to 10 percent of its total revenue这些费用占其总收入的8%到10%
total revenue 总收入,总收益
is a challenge for对 来说是一挑战
operating costs 生产费用 营业成本
enhance management efficiency 提高管理效率
collect domestic roaming fees 收取国内漫游费
local service area本地服务区域
package n.套餐
depending on the packages they have signed up to根据他们所订购的套餐
be subject to wide criticism广受批评
an important source of revenue一项重要收入来源
heavyweight n. 重量级选手
account for ...of 占 的多少比例
net profit纯利润
accounting for nearly 10 percent of their net profits占他们纯利润的10%
(2)Adele Confirms Marriage to Partner Simon Konecki阿黛尔承认与男友西蒙·考内奇结婚
Grammy Awards格莱美
longtime partner长期合作伙伴
但是前面 partner又是男友啊?到底是长期的合作伙伴还是很长时间的男朋友呢?根据文末说他们有一个四岁的儿子,那应该还是要译为“多年的男友”
hint /hɪnt/n. 暗示,提示,小部分 vt. &vi.; 暗示,示意
【drop】抛出
drop the news抛出/透露这一消息
her feelings following a breakup她经历分手以后的感受
the "feeling when you first fall for someone初恋的感觉
【breakup】分手
【chat with】与…唠嗑
(3)Ed Sheeran racks up massive UK album sales - but can he beat Adele?艾德·希兰新专辑打破多个英国专辑销售记录——但他能打败阿黛尔吗?
disc drive磁盘驱动器
one of a kind独一无二
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
不管你实现了多少目标,总要定睛于下一个更远大的。
杰西卡·萨维奇
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