华为推出三折叠屏手机Mate XT

近日，华为发布三折叠手机Mate XT。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What is the main reason Huawei introduced the Mate XT shortly after Apple launched its iPhone 16?

A) To directly compete with Apple's iPhone 16 and showcase its technological prowess.

B) To replace its Mate 60 Pro with a more advanced version.

C) To lower the price of its high-end smartphones.

D) To shift its market focus from China to international markets.

A) Apple has increased its market share in China despite competition.

B) Apple remains the top-selling smartphone brand in China.

C) Apple's market share in China has dropped significantly this year.

D) Apple's iPhones are now considered more affordable than Chinese smartphones.

无注释原文：

China's Huawei Shows the World Its $2,800 'Trifold' Phone

From: The New York Times

Last year, at the tail end of a visit to China by Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, Huawei unveiled a smartphone that was powered by an advanced semiconductor made in China.

The Huawei phone, called the Mate 60 Pro, was heralded in China as the triumph of a national champion over American constraints. It sold out within minutes on Chinese e-commerce platforms. Many shoppers chose to pair their purchase with a phone case emblazoned with a photo of Ms. Raimondo's face.

In the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen on Tuesday, Huawei again made a bid for the spotlight with the announcement of a new device just hours after Apple introduced its iPhone 16 in California. Huawei's latest phone, the Mate XT, is heavy on novelty: It can be folded, twice.

The tablet-size device folds along two vertical seams to become the size of a typical phone. It is the first commercially available trifold smartphone. It comes in two colors, red and black, and will go on sale on Sept. 20.

“It's a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to create,” said Richard Yu, Huawei's consumer group chairman. “I have always had a dream to put our tablet in my pocket, and we did it.”

The Mate XT, with a screen that measures 10.2 inches diagonally, is equipped with artificial intelligence-enabled translation, messaging and photo editing features. Mr. Yu also unveiled a thin keyboard that folds in half to the same size as the phone. He showed the audience how he carried both together in the pocket of his suit jacket.

Starting at $2,800, the Mate XT is priced like a luxury product.

Since the Mate 60 Pro was launched last year, Huawei has been eating into Apple's yearslong dominance of the market for high-end smartphones in China.

While the trifold phone is making a splash, Huawei has not yet introduced its latest rival to the iPhone, the next-generation Mate 70.

In recent years, Huawei has launched new products in September, which is also when Apple typically unveils new iPhones.

The new folding phone is Huawei's attempt to show off its leadership despite the uncertainty around the release date of the Mate 70, according to Linda Sui, a senior director at TechInsights, a market research firm.

“Huawei still tried to do something to save face, to make people believe they feel comfortable competing with Apple side by side,” Ms. Sui said.

For a decade, China accounted for roughly 20 percent of Apple's total sales. It was the iPhone's most important market after the United States.

But Apple's market share in China fell dramatically during the first half of this year. Even offering iPhones at a discount — a rare step for Apple — was not enough to reverse the decline.

In the quarter that ended in June, Apple dropped out of the five top-selling brands in China, according to Canalys, a research firm. It was the first quarter in years that the best selling smartphones in China were all made by domestic companies.

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含注释全文：

China's Huawei Shows the World Its $2,800 'Trifold' Phone

From: The New York Times

Last year, at the tail end of a visit to China by Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, Huawei unveiled a smartphone that was powered by an advanced semiconductor made in China.

去年，在美国商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多访华快结束时，华为推出了一款使用中国制造的先进芯片的智能手机。

the tail end /ˌteɪl ˈend/ 表示“末尾，尾声，最后部分”，英文解释为“the final part”举个🌰：I only saw the tail end of the news. 我只看了新闻的最后一部分。

unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/ 1）表示“ 为…揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔”，英文解释为“to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time”举个🌰：She unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital. 她主持揭幕式，标志着医院正式启用。

2）表示“（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公之于众”，英文解释为“to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time”举个🌰：They will be unveiling their new models at the Motor Show. 他们将在汽车大展上首次推出自己的新型汽车。

🎬电影《复仇者联盟1》（The Avengers）中的台词提到：We look beyond the Earth to the greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil. 而我们则放眼地球之外 那些将被宇宙魔方开启的更广博的世界。

🎬电影《超人高校》（Sky High）中的台词提到：We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will. 我们不能在威尔（Will）不在场时 向大家介绍斯特朗霍德三侠（Stronghold Three）。

📍词根“-veil”表示"面纱"，前缀“un-”表示“不”。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一个被面纱覆盖的新产品即将被“揭露”。近义词：reveal（揭示） 同根词：veil（面纱），常用短语：unveil a plan（公布计划）

semiconductor /ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tər/ 表示“半导体”，英文解释为“a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from this material”举个🌰：Semiconductors are used for making integrated circuits and computers. 半导体用于制造集成电路和计算机。

The Huawei phone, called the Mate 60 Pro, was heralded in China as the triumph of a national champion over American constraints. It sold out within minutes on Chinese e-commerce platforms. Many shoppers chose to pair their purchase with a phone case emblazoned with a photo of Ms. Raimondo's face.

中国将那款名为Mate 60 Pro的华为手机誉为本国企业冠军打破美国技术限制取得的胜利。该款手机在中国电子商务平台上几分钟就销售一空。许多购物者还为购来的手机选择了背后印有雷蒙多头像的手机壳。

herald /ˈher.əld/ 1）作动词，表示“预告；宣传；宣布”，英文解释为“If an important event or action is heralded by people, announcements are made about it so that it is publicly known and expected.”举个🌰：Her new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign. 她的新唱片已在媒体上进行了大规模的宣传。

2）作动词，表示“预示…的来临”，英文解释为“Something that heralds a future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.”如：the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer 预示着炙热的夏天即将结束的那个闷热的夜晚。

3）作名词，表示“预兆”，英文解释为“Something that is a herald of a future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.”举个🌰：I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom. 我欢迎这份报告，认为它预示着更多的自由。

📍The Sydney Morning Herald 悉尼先驱晨报

triumph /ˈtraɪ.əmf/ 1）作动词，表示“成功；获胜”，英文解释为“If someone or something triumphs, they gain complete success, control, or victory, often after a long or difficult struggle.”举个🌰：All her life, she had stuck with difficult tasks and challenges, and triumphed. 她在一生中遭遇了种种艰巨任务与挑战，但成功了。

2）作名词，表示“胜利；成就”，英文解释为“A triumph is a great success or achievement, often one that has been gained with a lot of skill or effort.”举个🌰：The championships proved to be a personal triumph for the coach. 那些冠军称号证明了教练的个人成就。

3）作名词，不可数，表示“（成功或胜利的）喜悦；心满意足，狂喜”，英文解释为“Triumph is a feeling of great satisfaction and pride resulting from a success or victory.”举个🌰：Her sense of triumph was short-lived.  她喜悦的感觉是短暂的。

constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/ 表示“限制；束缚；约束”，英文解释为“something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits”举个🌰：The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking. 出于礼貌，她不会说出自己对他的厨艺的真实看法。

emblazon /ɪmˈbleɪ.zən/ 表示“（醒目地）印制，装饰；炫示”，英文解释为“to print or decorate something in a very noticeable way”举个🌰：Her name was emblazoned across the front of the theatre. 她的名字赫然印在剧院正面的墙上。

In the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen on Tuesday, Huawei again made a bid for the spotlight with the announcement of a new device just hours after Apple introduced its iPhone 16 in California. Huawei's latest phone, the Mate XT, is heavy on novelty: It can be folded, twice.

周二，在中国技术中心深圳，华为再次努力争取公众注意力。苹果在加州推出iPhone 16几个小时后，华为宣布推出一款新设备：Mate XT。这款最新的华为手机配有很多新奇的功能：它的屏幕能三折叠。

hub /hʌb/ 一词可以理解为“（某地/活动）中心，枢纽，核心”，如：the commercial hub of the city 城市的商业中心，a hub airport 大型中转机场，举个🌰：The kitchen was the hub of family life. 厨房是家庭生活的中心。

📍河南加油！文中，路透社（Reuters）介绍河南就说的是：a major logistics hub in central China 中国中部的主要物流中枢，原句：Many train services across Henan, a major logistics hub in central China, have been suspended. Many highways have also been closed and flights delayed or cancelled. 河南是中国中部的一个主要物流中枢，整个河南的许多火车服务已经暂停。许多公路也被关闭，航班被推迟或取消。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）2018年8月一篇提到B站的文章是这么表达的，Bilibili, an online hub for fans of comics and games.

bid /bɪd/ 作名词，1）可表示“努力争取；努力；竞争；努力尝试；企图得到”，英文解释为“A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. An effort to do sth or to obtain sth”如：a bid for power 权力之争，举个🌰：Her bid for re-election was unsuccessful. 她争取连任的努力没有成功。

📍2001年7月13日北京申奥成功，就是won the bid in 2001. 申奥，奥运会申办，the bid for the Olympic Games. 竞选总统（白宫），说的是the bid for the White House.

2）表示“买方的出价”，英文解释为“an offer by a person or a business company to pay a particular amount of money for sth”举个🌰：Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte. 格兰纳达公司向福特公司出价进行敌意收购。

3）表示“投标”，英文解释为“an offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.”举个🌰：The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital. 该公司投标承包这所医院的清洁工作。

4）作动词，表示“打招呼，致意；请求”，英文解释为“to give a greeting to someone, or to ask someone to do something”举个🌰：I must now bid you farewell (= say goodbye to you). 我现在必须向您道别了。

The tablet-size device folds along two vertical seams to become the size of a typical phone. It is the first commercially available trifold smartphone. It comes in two colors, red and black, and will go on sale on Sept. 20.

这款平板电脑大小的手机能沿两个垂直接缝折叠，折叠后的大小与普通手机相当。这是市场上能买到的第一款三折叠屏智能手机，有两种颜色可供选择：红色和黑色，将于9月20日上市。

vertical /ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/ 表示“竖直的；垂直的；立式的”，英文解释为“standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface or line”如：vertical lines/stripes 竖线/竖条纹。

seam /siːm/ 表示“（尤指缝合两块布或皮革的）线缝，接缝”，英文解释为“a line where two things join, especially a line of sewing joining two pieces of cloth or leather”举个🌰：The bags we sell have very strong seams, so they will last for years. 我们卖的包线缝处非常结实，所以经久耐用。

tri- /traɪ-/ 表示“三”，英文解释为“three”如：a triangle 三角形，a tripod 三角架。

“It's a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to create,” said Richard Yu, Huawei's consumer group chairman. “I have always had a dream to put our tablet in my pocket, and we did it.”

“这是大家想得到，但做不出来的产品，”负责华为消费者业务的董事长余承东说。“我一直有个梦想，我希望把我们的平板装在口袋里，今天我们就实现了。”

The Mate XT, with a screen that measures 10.2 inches diagonally, is equipped with artificial intelligence-enabled translation, messaging and photo editing features. Mr. Yu also unveiled a thin keyboard that folds in half to the same size as the phone. He showed the audience how he carried both together in the pocket of his suit jacket.

Mate XT三屏态时屏幕的对角线长10.2英寸，配有人工智能翻译工具、短信应用，以及照片编辑功能。余承东还展示了一款可对折的薄键盘，键盘折叠起来的大小与手机的相同。他向观众展示了他如何将新的手机和键盘一起放在他西装外套的口袋里。

diagonally /daɪˈæɡ.ən.əl.i/ 表示“对角地，斜向地”，英文解释为“in a straight and sloping way that is not horizontal or vertical, for example joining two opposite corners of a square or other flat shape with four sides”举个🌰：It's quickest if you cut diagonally across the park. 从公园斜穿过去最快。

Starting at $2,800, the Mate XT is priced like a luxury product.

Mate XT起价19999元，这是奢侈品的售价。

Since the Mate 60 Pro was launched last year, Huawei has been eating into Apple's yearslong dominance of the market for high-end smartphones in China.

自从去年推出了Mate 60 Pro以来，华为一直在侵蚀苹果多年来在中国高端智能手机市场的主导地位。

While the trifold phone is making a splash, Huawei has not yet introduced its latest rival to the iPhone, the next-generation Mate 70.

尽管这款三折叠屏手机引起了轰动，但华为尚未推出与最新款iPhone竞争的下一代手机：Mate 70。

表示“一飞冲天，一炮打响，一举成名”，英文解释为“to become suddenly very successful or very well known”举个🌰：He made quite a splash in the book "LearnAndRecord". 他因《LearnAndRecord》一书而一举成名。

rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”

作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

In recent years, Huawei has launched new products in September, which is also when Apple typically unveils new iPhones.

华为近年来都是在9月推出新产品，这也是苹果通常发布新款iPhone的时间。

The new folding phone is Huawei's attempt to show off its leadership despite the uncertainty around the release date of the Mate 70, according to Linda Sui, a senior director at TechInsights, a market research firm.

市场研究公司资本设备的高级总监琳达·胥（音）说，这款折叠屏手机是华为试图在Mate 70发布日期不确定的情况下展示其领导地位的尝试。

“Huawei still tried to do something to save face, to make people believe they feel comfortable competing with Apple side by side,” Ms. Sui said.

“华为仍试图做些事情，以挽回面子，让人们相信他们可以放心地与苹果肩并肩的竞争，”胥女士说。

表示“保全面子”，英文解释为“to keep your reputation and avoid others losing respect for you”

For a decade, China accounted for roughly 20 percent of Apple's total sales. It was the iPhone's most important market after the United States.

中国约占苹果总销量的20%已有十年时间，是继美国之后iPhone的最重要市场。

But Apple's market share in China fell dramatically during the first half of this year. Even offering iPhones at a discount — a rare step for Apple — was not enough to reverse the decline.

但苹果在中国的市场份额今年上半年大幅下降。苹果甚至采取了罕见举措，打折出售iPhone，但这仍不足以扭转销售下降的趋势。

reverse /rɪˈvɜːs/ 1）作名词，表示“失败；挫折”，英文解释为“a defeat or failure”举个🌰：They suffered a serious military reverse. 他们遭受了一次重大的军事失败。也可以表示“相反的情况（或事物）；对立面”，英文解释为“the opposite of what has been suggested”

📍in reverse (order) 表示“向相反方向；倒；逆”，英文解释为“in the opposite order or way”举个🌰：To stop the engine, you repeat the same procedures, but in reverse (order). 要想关掉发动机，你得按相反顺序重复同样的步骤。

2）还可以表示“倒车挡”，英文解释为“the method of controlling a vehicle that makes it go backwards”举个🌰：To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear). 要想倒车，你得挂倒车挡。

In the quarter that ended in June, Apple dropped out of the five top-selling brands in China, according to Canalys, a research firm. It was the first quarter in years that the best selling smartphones in China were all made by domestic companies.

研究公司Canalys的数据显示，苹果已在今年4至6月的季度里跌出了中国五大畅销品牌的行列。那也是多年来中国最畅销的智能手机首次全部由国产公司包办。

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