跟读练习: The plan to break apart Google... RIP Chrome - 通过视频学习英语口语
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A few months ago, Google was forced to register on the Monopoly offenders list
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and go door-to-door in Mountain View to tell all the neighbors.
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After a judge ruled they violated the U.S.
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Sherman Act of 1890, Google was cutting unfair deals for its search engine to crush competition across the entire technology spectrum.
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They were paying 36% of ad revenue or $20 billion per year to dominate Apple devices, Mozilla Firefox was raking in cash to make Google the default,
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and a bunch of other companies' financial statements were being nourished by the teats of this illegal cash cow.
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Being added to the Monopoly wall of shame was a huge embarrassment for a company that once said, don't be evil, but like Microsoft, Walter White, Macbeth, and Gollum,
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their greed for power eventually backfired.
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But it appears, unlike Microsoft, that Google won't just get a slap on the wrist and possibly lose their most important piece of software, the Chrome web browser.
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It is November 20th, 2024, and you're watching the Code Report.
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It's a bit ironic that the Chrome web browser currently controls 66.6% of the browser market share, And Google Search even dominates on browsers that aren't Chrome,
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like Safari and Firefox, thanks to those illegal deals I mentioned earlier.
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But to Google's credit, they've invested millions upon millions of dollars into making web browsers awesome for end users.
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Their open source Chromium project is used by Microsoft's Edge browser, as well as alternative hipster browsers like Brave and Arc.
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And all this browser technology is offered for free out of the goodness of Google's heart.
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Well, as the old saying goes, when software is free, it means that you are the product.
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Chrome tracks your search queries, your browsing history, and online behavior, and all this data feeds back into its advertising business,
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where it can figure out exactly what type of consumer garbage to sell you and when.
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Not only does Google's ad revenue dwarf the competition, but Alphabet operates at a gross profit margin north of 50%, and they make an absolute killing selling their ads to the highest bidder.
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But the Chrome browser is critical to its success because it's the front door to everything Google offers,
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but apparently, Department of Justice lawyers are pushing to have Chrome split off or sold to a different company, with an estimated price tag of at least $20 billion.
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The only potential buyers would be companies like Meta, Apple, and Amazon, all of which are accused of running their own monopolies.
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If browsers start presenting new search engines as alternatives, like OpenAI's new search engine or DuckDuckGo,
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Google's 90% dominance of the search engine market will very likely start to deteriorate, but they're not going down without a fight.
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And their regulatory affairs VP said, the DOJ continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues of the case.
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Things already look bad, but to make matters even worse, the leadership at the DOJ is about to change, and whoever takes over there is likely not going to be a big fan of Google.
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Now, Microsoft also became a certified monopoly 25 years ago
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when they bundled Internet Explorer with Microsoft Windows and suppressed other browsers like Netscape.
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Instead of breaking up the company, though, they just had to open up their APIs to third-party developers
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and stop entering exclusivity deals that were unfair to other browsers.
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They didn't even face a direct financial penalty.
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Microsoft is doing just fine today as a $3 trillion company, but if Google loses Chrome, I'm not so sure they have a moat to handle a hit like that.
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The good news is that it looks like they'll let Google keep Android, and we still don't know how their AI tech is going to play out long term.
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Their Gemini AI has become quite impressive, and has become so confident that it's now telling humans to die.
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But like I said, Chrome is also the front door to get people using Gemini.
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And when you close that front door, it could also hurt consumers, because Google will no longer have the motivation to invest in browser technology.
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Like just imagine the horrors if Chrome was handed off to a non-profit like Apache or the Linux Foundation.
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It might evolve into a diverse ecosystem of hyper-specialized browser distros.
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And who knows, they might even kill off Manifest version 3, which would allow ad blockers to keep working.
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And that means I couldn't use this opportunity right now to promote my new Linux and Dino courses on Fireship.io,
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which you can get access to as a pro member using this Black Friday discount for 40% off.
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Personally though, I think Google will fight this to the death, and I highly doubt Google will ever be forced to sell Chrome.
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The betting odds are currently at 13% because there's no way that Google gives up its precious.
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One browser to rule them all, one browser to find them, one browser to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
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This has been The Code Report, thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
通过本视频你能学到什么
看视频学英语是提升口语的高效方式，本视频能帮你掌握两项关键技能：一是如何在长对话中清晰表达复杂观点（如科技公司垄断问题），二是学会用自然的语气转述新闻事件。此外，视频中的辩论性内容还能为雅思口语练习提供实用素材，让你在讨论社会热点时更有底气。
注意这些发音现象
视频中存在不少连读和弱读现象，比如“don't be evil”中“don't be”连读为/dəʊnt biː/，“a bunch of”中“of”弱读为/əv/。还有“$20 billion”中的连读，“billion”前的/n/与前面的“$20”连读，形成流畅的语流。这些发音细节是提升英语发音的关键，需要仔细模仿。
像母语者一样说话
想要掌握母语者的节奏和重音，shadow speech训练必不可少。视频中演讲者在强调关键信息时会加重语气，比如“66.6%”“$20 billion”等数字，以及“critical”“radical”等形容词。练习时可使用shadowing site，逐句跟读并录音对比，注意模仿其停顿和升降调。例如，在说“Google won't just get a slap on the wrist”时，“won't just”要重读，突出转折意味。通过反复练习，你的口语会更自然、更有感染力。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。