夏说英语新闻晨读 第264期:在线音乐风云起

 本期内容：
Streaming services continue to revive fortunes of music industry as new albums from top artists drive sales to record high. The popularity of Ed Sheeran and his latest album, Divide, helped drive a 58% increase in streaming revenue for Warner Music, putting it on track to make more than 1.3bn dollars from digital services including Spotify and Apple Music this year. After a decade of plummeting¹ revenues due to online piracy², the decline in CD sales and a lack of viable³ streaming services, the music industry’s fortunes are looking up.

Streaming: 流媒体
Revive: 复兴
Album:专辑
Track:轨道
Plummeting:下跌的
Piracy:盗版
Viable:可行的

1 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

2 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

3 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。