英语新闻听写 调查显示 美消费者日益依赖智能音箱

According to a new report from NPR and Edison Research, consumers are becoming more reliant on smart speakers.

据美国国家公共广播电台和爱迪生研究所的调查表明，消费者正越来越依赖于智能音箱。

Smart speakers are on track to become a permanent fixture¹ in many households.

智能音箱逐渐成为许多家庭的永久固定装置。

This as 65% of respondents say they wouldn't want to go back to their life without their smart speaker.

这是因为65%的受访者称他们不想再过没有智能音箱的生活。

Consumers' dependence² on smart speakers goes so far that 38% of respondents plan to buy an additional smart speaker.

消费者对智能音箱的依赖程度非常高，38%的受访者打算再买一个智能音箱。

Smart speakers, and the voice assistants embedded³ in them, bring an added layer of convenience to the lives of consumers who adopt them.

智能音箱内嵌语音助手，它能给消费者的生活带来更多的便利。

They serve as a central hub for consumers' digital experience in the home.

它们成为消费者家中的数字体验中心。

1 fixture   

n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款

参考例句：

• Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
• The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。

2 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

3 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。