英语新闻听写 苹果手机独霸天下

In the beginning there was the iPhone.

iPhone引领潮流。

Then came a bunch of phones that tried to be just like it.

随之，多款手机争相效仿。

Then those phones tried to be different, but in variously off-putting ways.

但又想推陈出新，但却毫无新意。

At this week’s Mobile World Congress, though, smartphones have begun to find the balance between boring and bizarre.

在本周召开的世界移动通信大会上，智能手机市场正在“千篇一律”和“光怪陆离”中寻找平衡。

It’s hard to be a premium¹ smartphone manufacturer outside of Cupertino.

除了库比蒂诺，很难找到与之相媲美的手机制造商。

The iPhone dominates the high end, with no signs of slowing dominance, while affordable² competitors increasingly own the non-Apple market.

苹果在高端市场独占鳌头，发展势头迅猛如旧，其它对手只能在“非苹果”市场抢占份额。

1 premium   

n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的

参考例句：

• You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
• Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。