时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年1月


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First story is about a major media business deal in the U.S. Disney plans to buy 21st Century Fox. The deal is significant 1 partly because of its size. These companies are known worldwide and they're two of the biggest players in Hollywood.


Disney owns the Disney Studios, stores, theme parks and cruise 2 line. It owns TV channels like ESPN and it has part of the Internet streaming service Hulu. Under the Fox umbrella, there are sports networks, the FX networks, National Geographic 3, hundreds of international channels and also part of Hulu.


And streaming entertainment is the big reason why Disney is spending $52.4 billion on Fox. It wants to expand its content online to better compete with rival 4 companies like Netflix. In fact, Disney is taking its products off Netflix as Disney prepares to launch 5 its own Internet streaming service. What's not part of the deal: Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and Fox Sports. They'll be separated and formed into a new company.


When will all this happen? The deal is expected to take at least a year to go through, if it goes through. It first has to be approved by the U.S. government, which will consider whether the new company would have too much control over the market and what consumers pay.



1 significant
adj.相当数量的;意义重大的;意味深长的
  • Your success today may be significant for your whole future.你今天的成功对你的整个未来可能是重要的。
  • She cast him a significant smile.她向他投去意味深长的一笑。
2 cruise
v.巡航,航游,缓慢巡行;n.海上航游
  • They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
  • She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。
3 geographic
adj.地理学的,地理的
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
4 rival
n.竞争对手,敌手;vt.与…相匹敌,比得上
  • None of us can rival him in strength.我们谁也没他劲大。
  • She defeat all her rival for the job with nonchalant ease.她从容不迫地击败求职的所有竞争者。
5 launch
vt.发动,推出;发射;n.发射,下水,投产
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
  • Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗?
学英语单词
abc.-- audit bureau of circulations
accommodate oneself to new conditions
airfreshes
autopay
Azotobacteraceae
baker's yeast
betaprodine
buncher coupling factor
catawba
cervix tumor
chuchryk
cirrocumulus mackerel
coiling spring
concussionlike
cone-nose
continuous syringe
cordova
countwheel
crumpiness
delta-winged aircraft
dew point sensor
dichlorobutane
dielectric porcelain
diffraction micrometer
DIMYRIL
direct proof
dispraisable
distributed monitoring monitoring schedule
disymmetrical cleavage
dysania
epigaean
every cargo voyage
famous painting
fasciitis
Father of Radio
ferry man
fever of unknown origin
first order theory
genetic typing
hepatopancreatic
hulley
hyperneuria
hysteron proteron
icing wind tunnel
indirect assessment
jet pipe valve
league branch secretary
limited-overs
line is busy
Mahleraan
manliest
MAT (memory access time)
medium-level
Mehetia
merger of the claim in the judgement
modulus mixed model
mountain phlox
nipt
non-disable instruction
non-nuclear hot operation
nordoxepin
oculocerebrorenal syndrome
off axis holography
ordinary iron
paraffin wax sizing
photogrammetric compilation
plantainlily
platemakers
pleasant-looking
postorogenic phase
prince fumimaro konoyes
prizs
ratify sb as a martyr
reaccept
rearchitected
reasoning algorithm
resistive rippling instability
scheduled service
seigniorial
seriousminded
service protocol identifier
sheet dryer
slightly enriched
spelling program
strict aerobe
string function
stumblings
sulfate reducers
surface brush
taken note of
temporaty magnetization
terrae spacing
the Republican Party
thread(ed) gauge
U.T.S.(ultimate tensible strength)
underpressurized
virtual trade shows
were found to
whippily
wild deer's tail
Zostera japonica