英语新闻听写 亚马逊上调月度会员费 公司股价上涨

On Friday, shares of Amazon rose after the company announced it was increasing the prices on its monthly subscriptions¹.

周五，在亚马逊宣布上调其月度会员费后，该公司股价上涨。

According to Recode, the company said it will raise the fees on its monthly Amazon Prime membership in the US to $12.99 from $10.99.

据“Recode”报道，该公司宣布它将上调其美国月度亚马逊金牌会员的费用，由10.99美元上升至12.99美元。

Under the new pricing plan, customers will pay roughly $156 a year.

在新价格计划下，顾客一年将支付大约156美元。

Amazon Prime's annual membership fee of $99 will not change.

亚马逊年度金牌会员会费依然为99美元

The company initially² launched the monthly plan less than two years ago to attract lower-income customers.

不到两年前，该公司为了吸引低收入顾客，首次推出了月度计划。

1 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。