(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
The electronics giant Sony is gearing up for the launch of a watch made out of electronic paper. The e-paper watch could be on store shelves next year. Sony's watch will be the latest to enter the smart watch market. A company spokesman said the watch would differ from the competition because it will focus more on looks and style rather than function and gadgetry. The watch will be made from a special paper material that will allow both its face and strap to serve as a display. The wearer will be able to change and interact with the entire surface of the watch. Analysts say that the watch may have trouble selling. Most agree that it is stylish, but it isn't a proper smart watch as it cannot connect to the Internet.
Sony kept the testing of its watch a big secret until this week. It made the design public last September to gauge public reaction to it. Sony didn't want people to be influenced by its name or brand, so it said the watch was from a company called Fashion Entertainment. A spokesman said: "We hid Sony's name because we wanted to test the real value of the product, whether there will be demand for our concept." Sony put the watch on a crowdfunding site to test the market and see how many people thought it would be worth investing in. The device surpassed its two million yen ($17,000) goal, raising 3.5 million yen ($30,000) in total.
中文翻译
电子巨头索尼正加紧推出电子纸制成的一款手表
。电子纸手表可能在明年上市 。索尼的手表在市场上将是最新的智能手表 。一位公司发言人表示,这款手表与竞争对手的手表差别很大,因为它将更注重外观和风格,而不是功能和小玩意 。手表是由一个特殊的纸材料制成,手表的表盘和表带都可以作为一种装饰物 。佩戴者可以改变手表的整个表面,并与手表进行互动 。分析师表示,手表可能无法出售 。大多数认为这是一种时尚,但它不是一款合适的智能手表,因为它不能连接到互联网上 。直到本周,索尼一直在对这款手表进行秘密测试
。在去年9月份,这款手表的设计公诸于众,用来测试公众对这款手表的反应 。索尼不希望人们受其名称或品牌的影响,所以索尼当时称这款手表来自于一家名为时尚娱乐的公司 。一位发言人说,我们隐藏索尼的名字,因为我们想要测试产品的真正价值,测试人们是否对我们的概念有需求 。索尼将手表放在一个集资网站来测试市场,看看有多少人认为这款手表值得投资 。该设备已超过二百万日元(17,000美元)的目标,总共筹集350万日元(合30,000美元) 。译文属可可原创,仅供学习交流使用,未经许可请勿转载
重点讲解
1.gear up 促进;增加;使换快档;准备好
Before you gear up to blame any excess weight on your superior intellectual activity, remember that the basic equation of too many calories plus not enough movement still equals weight gain.
在您做好准备去责怪您卓越的思维活动后任何多余的重量时,请记住这个基本方程,过多热量加上不足够的活动仍然等于体重增加
。2.be made out of以…制作,由…制成
The vuvuzela, which is now made solely of plastic, used to be made out of tin.
嗡嗡祖拉现在是用塑料制成的,但是最开始它是用马口铁打造的
。3.rather than而不是;宁可…也不愿
I , rather than you , should do the work .
该做这个工作的是我,而不是你
。4.be able to会;能够
If the situation demands,he must be able to attend the meeting.
如果情况需要的话,他一定能参加会议
。听力题目
1.What is Sony gearing up for?
a) a product launch
b) a recession
c) competition
d) a radical change
2.When could Sony's new watch be on store shelves?
a) soon
b) December 25
c) next year
d) in two years
3.What two things will the watch focus on?
a) profit and costs
b) timekeeping and e-mail
c) the face and strap
d) looks and style
4.What will the watch's strap be able to serve as?
a) a battery
b) a display
c) a belt
d) a face
5.Why isn't the watch a proper smart watch?
a) it cannot connect to the Internet
b) it has no hands
c) it needs batteries
d) it lacks intelligence
6.When did Sony make the watch's design known to the public?
a) June
b) July
c) August
d) September
7.What did Sony want to stop people being influenced by?
a) the Internet
b) the competition
c) its name or brand
d) money
8.What did a Sony spokesman say the company wanted to test?
a) people
b) the market
c) the competition
d) fashion
9.Where did Sony test the market for the watch?
a) at its Tokyo headquarters
b) on the streets of New York
c) on a crowdfunding site
d) in shopping malls
10.How much (in dollars) did Sony raise through a website?
a) two million
b) $30,000
c) 3.5 million
d) $17,000
听力答案
1.a
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.d
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b