英语新闻听写 微软和脸书将合建跨大西洋海底光缆

Facebook and Microsoft are laying a huge Internet cable across the Atlantic.

微软和脸书将建跨大西洋海底数据电缆。

Dubbed¹ MAREA—Spanish for “tide”—this enormous underwater cable will stretch from Northern Virginia to Bilbao,Spain,

名为“MAREA”（西班牙语译为潮水）的海底电缆将从弗吉尼亚北部延伸至西班牙毕尔巴鄂，

transferring digital data across 6,600 kilometers of ocean.

数据传输距离6600公里。

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Providing up to 160 terabits per second of bandwidth—about 16 million times the bandwidth of your home Internet connection

数据传输能力为每秒160太比特，是家中网路频宽的1600万倍。

it will allow the two tech titans to efficiently² move mass amounts of information

作为网络服务奠基，海底电缆将提高数据中心，

between the many computer data centers and network hubs that underpin³ their popular online services.

网络枢纽的大规模数据传输效率。

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

3 underpin   

v.加固，支撑

参考例句：

• China needs regional stability to underpin its continued economic growth.中国需要地区稳定来巩固其持续的经济增长。
• These developments are underpinned by solid progress in heavy industry.重工业的稳固发展为这些进展打下了基础。