12月29日，苹果中国官网发布声明，针对降低老款设备性能以防止设备意外关机一事致歉，并提出从1月下旬到2018年12月降低保修期外iPhone更换电池价格，中国用户更换电池的价格从608元下调至218元。而对于苹果的致歉，网友们好像并不买单。下面进入今天的日常英语新鲜资讯。

Apple released a statement on Thursday addressing the company's controversial decision to slow down older phones to protect battery stability.

近日苹果的“降速门”事件引起了大家的热烈讨论和各种争议，昨日苹果就故意降低老款设备性能为保护电池稳定性的行为发布了道歉声明。

事件起因：

John Poole, founder of software company Primate Labs, found earlier this month that iPhone 6s models running iOS version 10.2 and 11.2, and iPhone 7 phones running iOS 11.2, were more likely to have instances of lower processing speed.?

微软公司Primate Labs的创始人John Poole 在这个月月初就发现iPhone 6s的模型运行的是iOS10.2和11.2的版本，而iPhone 7运营的是iOS11.2的版本，这已经有老款设备被降低运行速度的可能性了。

That research, using his company's software, confirmed a viral?Reddit post?from a user that noticed an increase in his phone's processing speed after replacing the battery.

大家开始只是猜测，没有实证，直到Reddit的一个帖子引起了大家的注意，宣称有证据指出，让旧机器变慢是苹果的刻意做法，这一消息很快传遍了全球。

这时候苹果发布了官方声明，我们来看看苹果是怎么说的：

"We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize. There's been a lot of misunderstanding about this issue, so we would like to clarify and let you know about some changes we're making.?

我们知道苹果让你们失望了。我们作出道歉。关于这个事件其实有很多误解，因此我们想澄清一下并且告知我们将做出的改变。

*apologize 道歉 apologize earnestly 真诚道歉 ; 真挚报歉

*clarify 澄清；阐明

*He issued a statement to clarify the situation.

他发表了一项声明以澄清形势。

First and foremost, we have never — and would never — do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.?

首先，我们从来都没有故意地去做任何为了缩短苹果产品使用寿命的事情，或者降低用户体验度为了让用户更新。

*intentionally 故意地；有意地

*intentionally conceal 故意隐瞒

Our goal has always been to create products that our customers love, and making iPhones last as long as possible is an important part of that."

我们的目标一直都是想创造出我们客户喜爱的产品，并且苹果会尽可能长时间地成为其中的重要部分。

The company said it is slashing $50 off the out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement for the next year, bringing the cost down to $29 for anyone with an iPhone 6 starting in late January.

苹果称会明年对超过保质期的电池更换减少百分之五十的费用，也就是说任何使用iphone6的用户都能在一月末开始花29$就能更换电池。

*bring down 降低；打倒，打死；击落

*The dealers finally brought the price down to a reasonable figure.

商人们终于把物价压低到合理的程度。

A new software update will also hit early next year giving users more insight into battery life.

在明年一个新的升级的微软也将给用户更多的空间考虑关于电池寿命。

*battery life 电池寿命

*This will have almost no impact on battery life.

这对电池寿命几乎没有任何影响。

It's relatively rare for Apple to comment on critical news stories. But this month's incident, which has come to be known as "battery gate," isn't the first time Apple has released a mea culpa for a product. For example, Apple shifted its stance on App Store guidelines in 2010, and issued an extensive apology for issues with the iPhone 4.

苹果公司在社会言论中的新闻报道相对少见。但是这个被称为“降速门”的事件并不是苹果公司首次发布一款产品的mea culpa。例如，苹果在2010年转向了App Store的指导方针，并就iPhone 4的问题发表了广泛的道歉。

就目前的情况而言，苹果的致歉以及采取的措施并没有让果粉们感到满意。小编认为iPhone的推出确实开启了一个时代，但现在苹果带给我们的更多的是傲慢、压抑和冰冷。其实充分告知用户，让用户自己做出选择可能会是个更好的主意。选择并不可怕，可怕的是被选择和没有选择！