夏说英文晨读：Netflix 2021第一季度增长放缓 0427

Netflix had a huge first quarter last year thanks to the pandemic keeping people inside.

Now with vaccinations ramping up, Netflix (NFLX)kicked off 2021 with a big subscriber miss.

The streaming service reported Tuesday it now has 208 million subscribers globally, after adding 4 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, but missing its own expectations of 210 million.

▍语言点

1. a huge first quarter 第一季度经营业绩很好
· We had a huge year last year.
去年收成很好。
· We've got a huge February.
二月经营状况极好。
2. thanks to 归因于，是由于(表原因)
· thanks to sb. doing sth. 多亏某人干了某事
· The kid grew to be an amazing person thanks to his parents training him strictly.
孩子能有所成，多亏父母的严格。

3. ramp up (数量)攀升，(产能)提升
· ramp /ræmp/ n. 斜坡
4. kick off 开始，开启(begin)(足球术语：中线开球)