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Last month, Apple called it quits on its electric-vehicle dream. One of the iPhone maker’s biggest rivals in China is showing it how it’s done.

Xiaomi, known for affordable mobile phones, made its foray into the market with its SU7 electric car, which draws styling cues from Porsche.

Xiaomi helmsman Lei Jun, known for his marketing flair and penchant for turning ideas into products, took to a Beijing stage in a teal blazer to gush over his triumph of making a car just three years after unveiling his ambition.

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call it quits /kɔːl ɪt kwɪts/

宣布放弃; 停止

affordable /əˈfɔːrdəbl̩/

负担得起的; 价格合理的

make its foray /meɪk ɪts ˈfɒreɪ/

进军; 初次尝试

helmsman /ˈhɛlmzmən/

掌舵者; 领导者

marketing flair /ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ flɛːr/

营销才华; 市场营销天分

penchant /ˈpɛn.tʃənt/

嗜好; 强烈倾向

teal blazer /tiːl ˈbleɪzər/

蓝绿色的西装外套

gush /ɡʌʃ/

滔滔不绝地说; 倾泻

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Last month, Apple called it quits on its electric vehicle dream.

你看啊,他把最后这个结果叫a day,一个完整的一天, 那就是这一天就到这儿吧, 我可以下班了。那如果他做一件事,半途而废呢,他会说let's call it quits, 因为他既可以多次说I quit, I quit, I quit, 我放弃, 我放弃,我放弃,也可以一群人一起说I quit, 那么最后这个结果就是quits, 所以他说let's call it quits。

One of the iPhone maker's biggest rivals in China is showing it how it's done.

Xiaomi, known for affordable mobile phones, made its foray into the market with its Su7 electric car, which draws styling cues from Porsche.

Let's take a look at what to learn at the beginning.

But the most important point today is to start with Xiaomi.

If you look at the first paragraph of our Chinese, it says that Apple is one of the biggest competitors in China.

I'll show you how to do it.

What do we say in Chinese next?

This company is called Xiaomi.

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