夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第731期:国际盲人节美团App上线语音点外卖
日期:2019-10-25 13:10

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本期内容:

Meituan, an online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform, unveiled a voice application customized for the blind and visually impaired on Monday, as the company begins big investment in voice technology to offer services for more consumers. With the new move, blind and visually impaired customers can "speak" to the app to order takeaway food online. Meituan noted that such customized services will also be available in its businesses including ticketing and ride-hailing in the future.

food delivery: 外卖
unveil vt. 推出;首次展示(launch)
· launch/unveil a new product: 推出一个新产品
· Apple unveiled iphone 11
苹果首次推出了苹果11
application n. 应用(app 的全称)
the blind: 盲人
· the + adj.: 指代一类人
· the blind and visually impaired: 盲人或者视力受损
impaired adj. 受损的
· impair vt. 损害,损伤(damage)
· Her sight is badly damaged/impaired.
她的视力严重受损。
· a noisy job could permanently damage/impair their hearing: 嘈杂的工作可能会永久损害他们的听力
· smoking damages/impairs our health: 吸烟会损害我们的健康
· hearing/mentally/visually impaired: 听力/精神/视觉受损
offer sth. for sb. = provide sb. with sth. 向某人提供某物
takeaway food: 外卖(food delivery)
· Eat in or take away?
在这里吃还是带走?
ride-hailing: 打车(taxi-hailing)
· hail vt. 招呼,叫出租车
· to hail a taxi: 打手势叫住出租车

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