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写在前面
1.重点单词
booming - 繁荣的,蓬勃发展的
tier - 等级,层级
jostle - 挤推,竞争
autobiography - 自传
dominant - 主导的,占优势的
footnote - 脚注,次要的注释
enthusiastic - 热情的,积极的
pine - 怀念,渴望
fraction - 小部分,碎片
threshold - 阈值,门槛
boast - 自夸,吹嘘
skew - 偏向,倾斜
fret - 担心,烦恼
drag - 拉走,引走
streaming subscriptions - 流媒体订阅
paid tier - 付费等级
music-streaming service - 音乐流媒体服务
sister company - 姐妹公司
trade body - Industry协会
consumer book market - 消费者书籍市场
physical book sale - 实体书销售
related to podcasts - 与播客相关
non-fiction titles - 非虚构书籍
self-improvement titles - 自我提升书籍
give access to - 提供访问权限
follow someone's lead - 跟随某人的步伐
add fuel to - 加油于,促进
make up - 构成
bring in - 引入
point to - 指向
switch to - 切换到
drag away - 拉走
Spotify和亚马逊等流媒体平台正在引领有声书市场的革命性变化。Spotify为付费用户提供每月15小时免费有声书,亚马逊也跟进提供类似服务。这一举措推动了有声书销量大幅增长,今年销量比去年同期增长27%。有声书现已占美国消费者图书市场的12%,超过电子书。与音乐行业不同,出版商对流媒体模式持积极态度。这一趋势特别有利于某些类型的作者,也吸引了更多年轻男性读者。
Q1: How many hours of free audiobooks does Spotify offer to its paid subscribers?
Q2: How much has audiobook sales increased compared to the same period last year?
Q3: What percentage of the American consumer book market do audiobooks now account for? How does this compare to e-books?
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