苹果紧急往美国运iPhone

近日，据报道，为了尽可能减少关税带来的成本上升影响，在新关税政策生效前，苹果公司紧急将大量苹果手机产品从印度运往美国。

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. Why does the author mention the projected rise in iPhone 16 Pro Max prices in the US?

A) To argue that Apple should lower its pricing strategy

B) To highlight the financial impact of the tariffs on US consumers

C) To compare Indian and Chinese production quality

D) To support claims that Foxconn's Sunday operations are justified

无注释原文：

Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say

From: Reuters

Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump's tariffs, sources told Reuters.

The details of the push provide an insight into the U.S. smartphone company's private strategy to navigate around the Trump tariffs and build up inventory of its popular iPhones in the United States, one of its biggest markets.

Analysts have warned that U.S. prices of iPhones could surge, given Apple's high reliance on imports from China, the main manufacturing hub of the devices.

Apple "wanted to beat the tariff," said one of the sources familiar with the planning.

The company lobbied Indian airport authorities to cut to six hours the time needed to clear customs at the Chennai airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, down from 30 hours, the source added.

The so-called "green corridor" arrangement at the airport in the Indian manufacturing hub emulated a model Apple uses at some airports in China, the source said.

About six cargo jets with a capacity of 100 tons each have flown out since March, one of them this week just as new tariffs kicked in, the source and an Indian government official said.

The packaged weight of an iPhone 14 and its charging cable come to about 350 grams (12.35 oz), Reuters measurements show, implying the total cargo of 600 tons comprised about 1.5 million iPhones, after accounting for some packaging weight.

Apple and India's aviation ministry did not respond to a request for comment. All the sources sought anonymity as the strategy and discussions were private.

Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones a year worldwide, with Counterpoint Research estimating a fifth of total iPhone imports to the United States now come from India, and the rest from China.

The $1,599 cost of the top-end iPhone 16 Pro Max in the United States would have surged to $2,300, calculations based on projections by Rosenblatt Securities show.

In India, Apple stepped up air shipments to meet its goal of a 20% increase in usual production at iPhone plants, attained by adding workers, and temporarily extending operations at the biggest Foxconn India factory to Sundays, the source added.

Two other direct sources confirmed the Foxconn plant in Chennai now runs on Sundays, which is typically a holiday. The plant turned out 20 million iPhones last year, including the latest iPhone 15 and 16 models.

- ◆ -

注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say

From: Reuters

Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump's tariffs, sources told Reuters.

消息人士向路透社透露，为规避Trump加征关税，苹果公司（Apple）紧急包机从印度空运600吨iPhone（约合150万部）至美国。此前该公司已在印度工厂大幅提升产能。

作名词，表示“宪章，章程（由统治者或政府批准或要求制定，阐明公民、组织或社会团体的权利）”，英文解释为“a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government”

作动词，表示“包租（飞机、船等）”，英文解释为“to hire/rent a plane, boat, etc. for your own use”举个🌰：They've chartered a plane to take delegates to the conference. 他们包了一架飞机送代表参加会议。

📺美剧《罪恶黑名单》（The Blacklist）第2季第6集中的台词提到：Who chartered the planes? 谁租的飞机？

ferry /ˈfer.i/ 作名词，表示“（尤指定期的）渡船，轮渡”，英文解释为“a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service”如：a car ferry 汽车渡轮。

作动词，表示“（尤指定期）渡运；运送”，英文解释为“to transport people or goods in a vehicle, especially regularly and often”举个🌰：I spend most of my time ferrying the children around. 我大部分时间都用在把孩子们送来送去上了。

tariff /ˈtærɪf/ 表示“关税”，英文解释为“A tariff is a tax that a government collects on goods coming into a country.”

The details of the push provide an insight into the U.S. smartphone company's private strategy to navigate around the Trump tariffs and build up inventory of its popular iPhones in the United States, one of its biggest markets.

这一行动背后的细节揭示了这家美国智能手机公司的一项秘密策略，即规避关税、并在美国（其最重要市场之一）囤积热销款iPhone的库存。

1）表示“（商店的）存货；存货价值”，英文解释为“the amount of goods a shop has, or the value of them”举个🌰：The inventory will be disposed of over the next twelve weeks. 在未来的十二个星期中将进行清仓处理。

2）表示“（某处的）物品清单”，英文解释为“a detailed list of all the things in a place”

3）表示“盘点，清点存货”，英文解释为“the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place such as a shop”

Analysts have warned that U.S. prices of iPhones could surge, given Apple's high reliance on imports from China, the main manufacturing hub of the devices.

分析师警告称，鉴于苹果公司高度依赖来自中国（苹果手机的主要制造中心）的进口，美国iPhone价格可能飙升。

surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。

3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

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。

📍郑州挺住，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.

Apple "wanted to beat the tariff," said one of the sources familiar with the planning.

消息人士透露，苹果公司“此举旨在与关税赛跑。”

The company lobbied Indian airport authorities to cut to six hours the time needed to clear customs at the Chennai airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, down from 30 hours, the source added.

消息人士补充说，苹果公司成功说服印度有关部门将泰米尔纳德邦金奈机场的清关时间从30小时缩短至6小时。

作动词，表示“游说”；作名词，1）表示“游说团体，游说集团”，英文解释为“a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do something”如：the anti-smoking lobby 反吸烟游说团体。

2）表示“大堂，大厅，门厅”，英文解释为“the (large) room into which the main entrance door opens in a hotel or other large building”

3）表示“（英国议会的）接见厅，会见厅，表决厅”，英文解释为“in the UK parliament, a room where someone meets a member of parliament who they have arranged to talk to, or one of the two passages that members of parliament walk through as a way of voting”

The so-called "green corridor" arrangement at the airport in the Indian manufacturing hub emulated a model Apple uses at some airports in China, the source said.

消息人士称，这个印度制造中心的机场所谓的“绿色通道”安排，实则是苹果公司将其在中国机场的经验复制到印度。

corridor /ˈkɒr.ɪ.dɔːr/ 1）表示“（尤指两边是房间的）走廊，通道，过道”，英文解释为“a long passage in a building or train, especially with rooms on either side”举个🌰：Her office is at the end of the corridor. 她的办公室在走廊尽头。

2）表示“走廊（指一国领土通过他国境内的狭长地带）”，英文解释为“a long piece of one country's land that goes through another country”如：the Polish corridor 波兰走廊。

emulate /ˈem.jə.leɪt/ 表示“效仿，模仿;同…竞争，努力赶上”，英文解释为“to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have”举个🌰：They hope to emulate the success of other software companies. 他们希望能够效仿其他软件公司的成功先例。

About six cargo jets with a capacity of 100 tons each have flown out since March, one of them this week just as new tariffs kicked in, the source and an Indian government official said.

消息人士和印度官员表示，自3月以来，已有约6架载重各100吨的货运飞机起飞，其中一架就在本周新关税生效时起飞。

kick /kɪk/ in 表示“开始见效；起作用”，英文解释为“to start to have an effect or to happen”举个🌰：It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in. 药片半小时后药力开始显现。

The packaged weight of an iPhone 14 and its charging cable come to about 350 grams (12.35 oz), Reuters measurements show, implying the total cargo of 600 tons comprised about 1.5 million iPhones, after accounting for some packaging weight.

路透社测算显示，一部iPhone 14及其充电线的包装总重约350克（12.35盎司），这意味着扣除部分包装重量后，600吨货物约合150万部iPhone。

1）表示“（传输电、电话信号等的）电缆”，英文解释为“a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.”如：a length of cable 一根电缆。

2）表示“（电视节目或电话信号的）有线传输系统”，同 cable televisioin，举个🌰：The office has gone over to cable. 办公室改用有线系统了。

📍charging cable 充电线。

comprise /kəmˈpraɪz/ 表示“包含；由…组成”，英文解释为“If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members.”举个🌰：The class is comprised mainly of Chinese and Japanese students. 这个班主要由中国和日本学生组成。

🎬电影《拉瑞·克劳》（Larry Crowne）中的台词提到：They comprise 20% of the world's fresh surface water supply. 它们提供了地球表面百分之二十的淡水。

Apple and India's aviation ministry did not respond to a request for comment. All the sources sought anonymity as the strategy and discussions were private.

苹果和印度民航部门未回应置评请求。所有知情人士均要求匿名。因为相关策略和讨论是保密的。

aviation /ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“航空（学）；飞行（术）；航空工业”，英文解释为“the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in good condition”如：the British Civil Aviation Authority 英国民航局。

anonymity /ˌæn.ɒnˈɪm.ə.ti/ 表示“匿名；无名；不公开姓名”，英文解释为“the situation in which someone's name is not given or known”举个🌰：The police have reassured witnesses that they will be guaranteed anonymity. 警方让目击证人放心，保证不公开他们的姓名。

Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones a year worldwide, with Counterpoint Research estimating a fifth of total iPhone imports to the United States now come from India, and the rest from China.

苹果公司全球年销售iPhone超2.2亿部。Counterpoint Research估计，目前美国进口的iPhone中有五分之一来自印度，其余来自中国。

The $1,599 cost of the top-end iPhone 16 Pro Max in the United States would have surged to $2,300, calculations based on projections by Rosenblatt Securities show.

罗森布拉特证券（Rosenblatt Securities）测算显示，美国市场顶配版iPhone 16 Pro Max的售价可能从1599美元飙升至2300美元。

复数形式securities，熟词僻义，表示“证券”，英文解释为“documents proving that sb is the owner of shares, etc. in a particular company”

In India, Apple stepped up air shipments to meet its goal of a 20% increase in usual production at iPhone plants, attained by adding workers, and temporarily extending operations at the biggest Foxconn India factory to Sundays, the source added.

知情人士透露，苹果在印度加大了空运力度，以达成其iPhone产线产量较常规提升20%的目标。为实现这一目标，公司不仅增聘工人，更令富士康印度最大工厂破例周日加班。

熟词僻义，作名词，表示“工厂；电厂”，英文解释为“A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced.”

Two other direct sources confirmed the Foxconn plant in Chennai now runs on Sundays, which is typically a holiday. The plant turned out 20 million iPhones last year, including the latest iPhone 15 and 16 models.

另有两位消息人士证实，金奈富士康工厂现在周日也开工（通常是休息日）。该厂去年共生产了约2000万部iPhone，包括最新款iPhone 15和16机型。

- 词汇盘点 -

- 词汇助记 By DeepSeek -

LearnAndRecord

2015年2月8日

2025年4月10日

第3715天

每天持续行动学外语