英语新闻听写 苹果斥巨资收购芯片供应商Dialog

Apple is to pay $600 million to buy parts of its chip supplier Dialog Semiconductor¹.

苹果将斥资6亿美元收购芯片供应商“Dialog Semiconductor”的部分资产。

The deal includes patents, a team of 300 engineers, and Dialog offices in the UK, Italy, and Germany.

该交易包括专利、300名工程以及“Dialog”在英国、意大利和德国的办公室。

It's a big deal for Apple which normally sticks to smaller, cheaper acquisitions.

这对通常坚持小规模、廉价收购的苹果来说是一笔大交易。

Business Insider reports the deal settles Dialog's fate after months of rumours² that Apple would take chip design in-house or switch suppliers depressed³ its stock price.

据“Business Insider”报道，在数个月风传苹果要自己进行芯片设计或更换供应商导致其股价下跌之后，该交易决定了“Dialog”的命运。

1 semiconductor   

n.半导体

参考例句：

• In the beginning,engineers hoped to use semiconductor lasers.在开始时，工程师们希望能够利用半导体激光器。
• The main agent of the company brand semiconductor sales.本公司主要代理各品牌半导体销售。

2 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

3 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。