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Elizabeth Holmes, founder of US blood-testing startup, Theranos, was found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud. 37-year-old Holmes once claimed that her company could run hundreds of health tests on just a single drop of blood, with a revolutionary technology. But cracks in the glossy surface began to show in 2015 when the Wall Street Journal revealed that its in-house tests had massive inaccuracies and that the company was performing other tests using traditional blood testing methodology and equipment from outside labs.
【朗读要点】
①Elizabeth Holmes, founder of US blood-testing startup, Theranos, was found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud.
was found guilty、4 of 11以及 fraud 是重点信息,要重读;除了正常的逗号断句外,guilty后面适当停顿
Elizabeth Holmes, … founder of US blood-testing startup, … Theranos, … was found guilty … on four of 11 charges of fraud.
②37-year-old Holmes once claimed that her company could run hundreds of health tests on just a single drop of blood, with a revolutionary technology.
数字37清晰读出,hundreds和single形成强烈对比,要重读;that后停顿一下,tests后停顿一下,逗号正常停顿
37-year-old Holmes once claimed that … her company could run hundreds of health tests … on just a single drop of blood, with a revolutionary technology.
③But cracks in the glossy surface began to show in 2015 when the Wall Street Journal revealed that its in-house tests had massive inaccuracies and that the company was performing other tests using traditional blood testing methodology and equipment from outside labs.
重点信息cracks、2015、massive inaccuracies、traditional和outside labs要重读;surface后停顿,2015后停顿,that后停顿,massive inaccuracies后停顿,other tests后停顿, methodology 后停顿
But cracks in the glossy surface … began to show in 2015 … when the Wall Street Journal revealed that … its in-house tests had massive inaccuracies … and that the company was performing other tests … using traditional blood testing methodology … and equipment from outside labs.
【朗读练习】
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of US blood-testing startup, Theranos, was found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud. 37-year-old Holmes once claimed that her company could run hundreds of health tests on just a single drop of blood, with a revolutionary technology. But cracks in the glossy surface began to show in 2015 when the Wall Street Journal revealed that its in-house tests had massive inaccuracies and that the company was performing other tests using traditional blood testing methodology and equipment from outside labs.
这种新闻好难读 嘴巴不停地打结。分开来念还行 连起来真的要练很久
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