2018-07-19

The next binge-watch^[1]: Netflix earnings^[2]

① The streaming giant comes into today's c on a roll.
② It has gained subscribers faster than even bullish analysts expected, adding 26m net new members globally in the 12 months to March 31st, for a total of 125m.
③ The firm credits that in large part to its aggressive spending on content, which is expected to top 1.2bn this year.
④ Just its planned increase over last year, about 3 bn-4bn, exceeds the entire content budget of HBO or the BBC.
⑤ But Netflix manages this by borrowing a lot of money, 8.5bn so far.
⑥ As a result, it is expected to burn through billions of dollars of cash for years to come.
⑦ Bearish investors believe Netflix is a house of cards.
⑧ Nevertheless, the company's share price has more than doubled this year.
⑨ Expect it to go on climbing, regardless of how much money the service is spending, if Netflix reports strong subscriber growth again today^[3].

词与词组

Earning Per Share 每股收益
binge n. 盛宴
streaming n. 流媒体
live streaming 视频直播
on a roll: 连连获胜 (多半是靠运气)
launch/unveil a financial report= launch/unveil a financial report 发布财报: 发布财报
subscriber n. (报刊的)订阅人,订购者,订户 消费者;用户
bullish adj. 公牛的；公牛般的 股票行情看涨的, 做多头的(对未来)抱有信心的, 乐观的
Bearish adj. 粗暴的；如熊的；股票看跌的
net n. 网；净利；网络；实价 adj. 纯粹的；净余的 vt. 净赚；得到；
credit sth to sth 将什么归功于
aggressive adj. 激进的；雄心勃勃的
· conservative adj. 保守的
· radical adj. 激进的
top v：超过 exceed
budget n. 预算

句子

The organization is on a roll.

house of cards: 乌合之众；不可靠的计划
Don't try to believe that team; that team is just a house of cards.
不用太去相信那只团队。那只团队不过就是乌合之众而已。

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1. binge-watch视觉盛宴 ↩

2. profit n. 利润；利益 vi. 有益；获利 ↩

3. one perspective, regardless of …, if…
   一个观点，否定一方面因素，肯定另一方面的因素。
   His English is going to improve, regardless of what kind of material he is reading, if he keeps reading every day.
   他的英语一定会提升的，别管他看了些什么，只要他每天看就可以。 ↩