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听力文本
The U.S. pop star Taylor Swift has removed her best-selling album '1989' from Apple Music. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter said she disagrees with the way Apple is giving her music away for free. Apple Music is Apple's new music streaming service that starts on June 30th. Anyone can sign up for a free trial and get the first three months without paying. Swift says this is wrong and that Apple should pay artists for these three months. After the initial trial period, subscribers will pay a monthly fee of $9.99. She wrote an open letter suggesting that Apple was being greedy. She said: "We don't ask [Apple] for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."
Swift further outlined her criticism of Apple Music in her letter. She wrote: "I'm not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months." She added that it was very unlike Apple to be so "unfair," saying: "I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company." She told people that Apple had the money to pay artists for the three months. She said: "We know how astronomically successful Apple has been and we know that this incredible company has the money to pay artists….Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing."
中文翻译
美国流行音乐歌星泰勒·斯威夫特将其最佳畅销专辑《1989》从苹果音乐中撤下。这位25岁的唱作人称她不同意在苹果上获得免费播放权。苹果音乐是苹果在6月30日推出的全新流媒体服务平台。任何人都可以注册并进行免费试用，并在前三个月免费使用。斯威夫特称这是错误的，苹果应该赔付艺人这三个月的资金。试行期过后，订阅者每个月将支付9.99美元。她写了一封公开信，称苹果太贪婪了。她说：“我们没有向苹果所要免费苹果手机。那么就请不要要求我们免费提供音乐。”
斯威夫特进一步在其信中阐明了对苹果的批评。她写到：“我不能确定的是你们知不知道苹果音乐不会在这三个月里向制作人、作家或是艺术家支付任何费用。”她还认为苹果是不公平的，称：“这件事情竟然会发生在一个在历史中做出过成就的大公司里，这让我非常震惊，失望。她告诉人们说苹果能够在这三个月里向艺术家支付资金。她说：“我们知道苹果是多么的成功，我们也知道这个不可思议的公司有钱支付给艺人。三个月的免费是否太长了。让别人白干是不公平的。”
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重点讲解
1.disagree with 不同意
例句：They disagreed with each other about the time and place of the accident.
他们在对事故发生的时间和地点彼此有分歧。
2.for nothing 免费
例句：Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
做广告的人们多年前就发现我们大家都喜欢免费得到东西。
3.best-selling 最畅销的
例句：The answer is that Drosnin, author of the best-selling "Bible Code" book series, claims he can see things in the Bible that no one else can.
答案在于这位最畅销的“圣经密码”系列图书的作者——卓思宁。 他声称只有他才可以在圣经中看到其他人所看不见的事情。
4.streaming service 流媒体服务
例句：And, like the movie streaming service, I suspect everyone will forget about the Best Buy initiative within a few months.
像电影流媒体服务一样，我想几个月之内人们就会忘记百思买所推的这一服务。
听力题目
1.What was the name of the album Taylor Swift removed?
a) 1989
b) Taylor Swift's Greatest Hits
c) Taylor
d) 1998
2.When does Apple Music start?
a) August 30th
b) July 30th
c) June 30th
d) September 30th
3.For how long is the free trial?
a) three weeks
b) four weeks
c) four months
d) three months
4.How much will subscribers pay each month?
a) $19.99
b) $9.99
c) $12.99
d) $14.99
5.What did Taylor Swift suggest was being in her open letter?
a) greedy
b) rich
c) historic
d) shocking
6.What did Swift additionally outline in her letter?
a) the Apple apple
b) the idea for her next album
c) a new song
d) her criticism
7.Who else did Swift say Apple Music would not pay in addition to artists?
a) Apple Music employees
b) Lady Gaga and Shakira
c) writers and producers
d) songwriters
8.What did Swift say it was unlike Apple to be?
a) sweet
b) unfair
c) generous
d) fruity
9.How successful did Taylor Swift say Apple was?
a) fairly
b) pretty
c) astronomically
d) incomprehensibly
10.What did Swift say was a long time to go without?
a) an iPhone
b) being unpaid for three months
c) being without music
d) working for three months
听力答案
1.a
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.d
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b
