英语热词 | 苹果发布会宣布推出流媒体视频、新闻订阅、信用卡等服务

北京时间3月26日凌晨,苹果公司2019年春季发布会在苹果总部的史蒂夫乔布斯剧院举行。

此次发布会堪称星光熠熠,好莱坞导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格、脱口秀女王奥普拉·温弗瑞、奥斯卡奖得主瑞希·威瑟斯彭,以及女星詹妮弗·安妮斯顿等均到场为苹果站台。

苹果公司在发布会上推出了苹果电视Apple TV+、苹果新闻Apple News+以及苹果信用卡等一系列服务业务。

流媒体视频服务Apple TV+:可在竞争对手设备下载

  • The Apple TV+ app was unveiled by Steven Spielberg and will launch in the autumn. The platform will include shows from existing services like Hulu and HBO.
    苹果电视Apple TV+由史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格介绍,将于今年秋季正式发布。该平台可以收看Hulu、HBO等现有流媒体平台的节目。
  • The app will be made available on rival devices for the first time, coming to Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio smart TVs as well as Amazon's Firestick and Roku.
    同时,苹果还将首次与三星、LG、索尼、Vizio等电视机厂商以及电视机顶盒提供商Roku和亚马逊Firestick合作,这些终端也将能够下载Apple TV+的应用。

苹果信用卡:没年费、有返现

  • The Apple Card credit card will launch in the US this summer.
    苹果信用卡将于今年夏季在美国推出。
  • There will be both an iPhone and physical version of the card, with a cashback incentive on every purchase.
    该信用卡将有手机版和实体版,每一笔消费都会有返现奖励。
  • The credit card will have no late fees, annual fees or international fees, said Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey.
    苹果支付业务副总裁珍妮弗·贝利表示,苹果信用卡没有滞纳金、年费以及国际交易费。
  • It has been created with the help of Goldman Sachs and MasterCard.
    苹果信用卡由高盛银行和万事达公司协助推出。

苹果新闻Apple News+:每月9.99美元纵览300多种报刊杂志

  • The firm also revealed a news service, Apple News+, which will include more than 300 magazine titles including Marie Claire, Vogue, New Yorker, Esquire, National Geographic and Rolling Stone.
    苹果公司还推出了新闻服务Apple News+,里面包含《嘉人》、《时尚》、《纽约客》、《时尚先生》、《国家地理》、《滚石》等300多种杂志。
  • The LA Times and the Wall Street Journal will also be part of the platform, the firm said.
    该平台还包括《洛杉矶时报》和《华尔街日报》等报纸内容。
  • Apple News+ will cost $9.99 per month and is available immediately in the US and Canada. It will come to Europe later in the year.
    新闻服务Apple News+将立即在美国和加拿大推出,月订阅费9.99美元,今年下半年将在欧洲推出。
  • Unlike TV+, the news platform will only be available on Apple devices.
    不过,与苹果电视Apple TV+不同的是,Apple News+只能在苹果设备上下载使用。

游戏服务Apple Arcade:可离线玩100多个独家游戏

  • A new games platform, Apple Arcade, will offer over 100 exclusive games from the app store which will all be playable offline.
    新的游戏平台Apple Arcade将提供100多个在苹果设备上独家发行的游戏,支持离线玩游戏。
  • It will be rolled out across 150 countries in the autumn but no subscription prices were given.
    该游戏平台将于今年秋季在150个国家推出,不过订阅价格尚未公布。

  • 订阅服务 subscription services
  • 应用内购买 in-app purchase
  • 双卡双待 dual-SIM dual standby, DSDS
  • 操作系统 operating system
  • 自动续订服务 auto-renewing subscriptions
  • 流媒体服务 streaming services