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为什么说迪士尼比教堂老鼠稍微富裕一点？一起看看今天的浓咖啡。以下纯干货，预计阅读时长8分钟。

Richer than a church mouse: Disney’s earnings

比教堂老鼠富裕一点：迪士尼的收入

Part Ⅰ

第一段

The world’s biggest entertainment company had the best and worst of the pandemic.

世界上最大的娱乐公司迪士尼在疫情期间经历了起起落落。

⊙ 句子主干

Company had the best and worst of the pandemic.

迪士尼在疫情期间经历了起起落落。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ church mouse

n. 教堂老鼠（形容一贫如洗）。这个词语来自一个典故。

（截图取自知乎：活宝dggs）

★ pandemic

n. 疫情。这个词自 2019 年底就看到无数次了。

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Its films were delayed as cinemas shut, its theme parks closed and cruise ships docked.

由于电影院关闭，电影被推迟上映。主题公园关闭，游轮停摆。

⊙ 句子主干

Its films were delayed, its theme parks closed and curise ships docked.

电影被推迟上映，主题公园关闭，游轮也停摆。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ cruise ship

n. 游轮

★ dock

v. 停靠（文中是指迪士尼游轮停摆，暂停营业）。名词形式 docker，指码头工人，也指 docker 容器（熟悉 Linux 系统的朋友应该不陌生）。

例句：

Today, cruise ships regularly dock there.

目前，游轮经常会停靠在这里。

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Yet its fledgling streaming service, Disney+, beat all expectations as demand for home entertainment soared.

然而，随着家庭娱乐需求的飙升，其刚刚起步的流媒体服务迪士尼+超出了所有人的预期。

⊙ 句子主干

Disney+ beat all expectations.

迪士尼+超出了所有人的预期。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ fledgling

/ˈfledʒ.lɪŋ/ 音标附上。adj. 刚起步的，刚开始的

例句：

The current economic climate is particularly difficult for fledgling businesses.目前的经济气候对刚起步的公司来说特别艰难。★ streaming service n. 流媒体服务
（截图取自百度百科）

★ soar /sɔːr/ 音标附上。v. 飙升例句：
The fire soared to the ceiling and I trembled with fright . 火苗窜到了天花板上，我吓得直哆嗦。

His market share continues to soar.

他的市场份额不断高涨。

→ 易混词：sour，音标 /saʊr/ adj. 酸的。

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Investors judged that the good outweighed the bad.

投资者判断利大于弊。

⊙ 句子主干

Investors judged that …

投资者判断……

⊙ 重点习语

★ the good outweighed the bad.

利大于弊

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Disney’s share price ended 2020 25% higher than it had begun.

迪士尼 2020 年底的股价比年初高出 25%。

⊙ 句子主干

Disney’s share price became higher.

迪士尼的股价上涨。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ share price

n. 股价。注意，此处的 share 是指股票、股份。

Part Ⅱ

第二段

Today’s quarterly earnings report to investors will show something of a reversal.

今天发布的投资者季度收益报告呈反转现象。

⊙ 句子主干

Today’s quaterly earnings report was a reversal.

今天的投资者收益报告是个反转。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ reversal

n. 反转

例句：

Recently there has been a welcome reversal of this trend.

近来，这种趋势有了一个令人欢迎的逆转。

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The parks are open again**.**

主题公园再次开放。

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“Black Widow” is showing in cinemas (as well as online, to the annoyance of its leading actress, Scarlett Johansson, who is suing over lost box-office earnings).

“黑寡妇”正在电影院上映（同时在网络上映，这让其女主角斯嘉丽感到恼火，她正因票房收入损失提起诉讼）。

⊙ 句子主干

“Black Widow” is showing in cinema.

“黑寡妇”正在影院上映。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ annoyance

n. 恼怒。形容词形式 annoying（某事物很让人生气），annoyed（某人感到很生气）。

★ box-office earnings

n. 票房收入

例句：

This is an excellent proof that box office earnings have been sought.

这是追求票房收入的极好证据。

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The first cruise ships set sail from Florida on Monday.

第一批游轮于周一从佛罗里达起航。

⊙ 句子主干

The first cruise ships set sail.

第一批游轮起航。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ sail

v. 航行。set sail 表示“起航”。

例句：

The ship was sailing to China.这艘船驶往中国。Captain scott set sail in the terra nova.斯科特船长从新星地起航。

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But Disney+, star of the pandemic, will probably report **slower growth.**但疫情期间的的"明星"迪士尼+的增长可能放缓。

⊙ 句子主干Disney+ will report slower growth.迪士尼+的增长可能放缓。

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Its rival, Netflix, lost subscribers in its domestic market last quarter.它的竞争对手 Netflix 上个季度在国内市场丢失了用户。

⊙ 句子主干

Netflix lost subscribers.

Netflix 丢失了用户。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ rival n. 对手，敌人
例句：

He lost out to his rival.

他输给了自己的对手。

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Today it will be Disney’s older businesses that enjoy the spotlight.

现在迪士尼的老业务将成为人们关注的焦点。

⊙ 句子主干

Disney’s older businesses enjoy the spotlight.

迪士尼的老业务成为人们关注的焦点。

⊙ 重点词汇

★ spotlight

n. 焦点，聚光灯

例句：

The senator has been in the spotlight recently since the revelation of his tax frauds.自从参议员的纳税欺诈行为曝光后，他就成了公众关注的焦点。

看来流媒体服务的业务发展放缓，迪士尼现在要靠老牌业务挣业绩了。标题的双关语"Richer than a church mouse"似乎是在说迪士尼和 Netflix 比起来要好一点。