
2016年英语(一)阅读 Text 4 精讲
第五段
①Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway. ②Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming. ③“It was seen as a blunder,” he said. ④The move turned out to be foresighted. ⑤And if Peretti were in charge at the Times? ⑥“I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said. ⑦“I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.”不管怎样,改变有时是值得的。佩雷蒂列举了 Netflix 结束 DVD 邮购业务而着重于流式媒体业务的例子。他说,这一举措最初被看作是一个愚蠢的错误。但是,最终证明这是有先见之明的。那么,如果,佩雷蒂执掌《纽约时报》会怎样呢?他说,“我不会选择某一年去停产印刷版。我会提高价格,把它经营得更像一个老产品。
①Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway.不管怎样,改变有时是值得的。
anyway adv. 无论怎样。
sometime:有时候。
that指代上一段说的转型。
be worth doing sth:值得做某事。
②Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming.佩雷蒂列举了 Netflix 结束 DVD 邮购业务而着重于流式媒体业务的例子。
discontinuing部分是分词后置定语,修饰netflix。
mailing n. 邮件;邮寄。
streaming n. 串流;流式传播
③“It was seen as a blunder,” he said.他说,这一举措最初被看作是一个愚蠢的错误。
blunder n. 错误;大失误。
④The move turned out to be foresighted.但是,最终证明这是有先见之明的。
turn out to:被发现是....。
foresee vt. 预见;预知 —— foresight n. 先见;先见之明 —— foresighted adj. 深谋远虑的;有先见之明的
forestall vt. 垄断;预先阻止
foreshadow vt. 预示;成为...的前兆。
⑤And if Peretti were in charge at the Times?那么,如果,佩雷蒂执掌《纽约时报》会怎样呢?
in charge 主管;负责;在....的掌管之下,如果要跟宾语,就加介词of,in charge of 掌管......。
⑥“I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said.他说,“我不会选择某一年去停产印刷版。
pick vt. 挑选;采摘;拿走;挑衅。
⑦“I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.”我会提高价格,把它经营得更像一个老产品。
legacy n. 遗产。
more of:更多的;更大程度上的
总结:第五段是说,确实要转型,改变有时是值得的。如何转型呢?即:把《纽约时报》的纸质版做成一个老产品(像个古董一样的东西),提高价格。