01长难句
The music industry and YouTube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in Brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.
思考题：
The music industry and YouTube will work together to fight for the rights of popular artists.
02句子切分
1.The music industry and YouTube are set to go head-to-head this week
2. in a crucial vote in Brussels
3.that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.
That= vote
03词汇突破
1.The music industry：音乐行业
2.a crucial vote in Brussels
布鲁塞尔是欧盟总部所在地，所以这里指的就是欧盟的投票
3. the digital giant提示：没有无缘无故的爱，没有无来由的名词；
行文到这里突然来了一个“数字巨人”，而且还加了一个the; (加the可以表示上文提到过的人或者事物。你就可以想一下：YouTube是不是就是这个数字巨人了。
4. billions of dollars in fees 数十亿美金的费用
04
参考翻译
本周，音乐行业和YouTube将在布鲁塞尔进行关键的投票中进行正面交锋，这次投票可能会迫使这家数字巨头向泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)、埃德·希兰(Ed Sheeran)和凯蒂·佩里(Katy Perry)等受欢迎的流行音乐艺术家支付数十亿美元的费用。
05思考题
The music industry and YouTube will work together to fight for the rights of popular artists.
音乐界和YouTube将共同努力，争取流行艺术家的权利。
这个说法就是不对的。
The music industry and YouTube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in Brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.
——疑问：
Go head-to-head 针锋相对地竞争
digital giant 数码巨头
拆分：The music industry and YouTube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in Brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.
