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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
About 60 businesses demonstrated wearable electronic products last month at the Computex Taipei technology show in Taiwan. The devices included electronic watches and bracelets -- jewelry worn above the hands.
The Taiwanese company Acer showed us smart armband called Liquid Leap. The device is worn around the arm. It can send text message and activate music on smart phones. It also can count the number of calories(heat units) burned during exercise.
Manuel Linnig is a spokesman for Acer. He sees risk as well as promise of success in electronic devices that can be worn on the body.
Acer's armband will start selling this year. At first it will be sold with a mobile wireless telephone, prices have yet to be announced.
Asustek Computer, a competitor of Acer and smartphone developer HTC plan to release wearable products by the end of the year.
A general view shows booths at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei World Trade Center, June 4, 2014.
Smaller developers exhibited many products at Computex Taipei. GuiderCare of Taipei showed watches that can recognize when a person falls and send messages asking for help. The company thinks the product is perfect for older adults who live alone.
Martian Watches, also of Taiwan, demonstrated watches that send voice commands to computer tablets or smartphones. The timepiece is now sell for $129 each in Taipei.
A government research agency showed eye glasses that permit interaction through hand signals with computers. The signals can travel up to 200 meters. No price or release date has been announced yet.
Prices for wearables remain relatively high. Many of the devices cost more than simple smartphones that performed the same or additional operations. Prices may rise above $1,000 as companies like Apple and Sony offer watches loaded with application software programs.
Technology experts say many of the wearables still have problems. Some devices lack must-have applications, and battery supplies designed to save power. Some do not have the good looks that buyers want. Observers say many are aimed only at sports men and women like bicycle riders.
But in Taiwan, product developers think they know how to grow. Huang Han-tang is an official with the organizers of Computex. He calls wearables are reasonable extension of other electronic devices.
He says in the past two years, developers have found that handheld devices can be made even smaller and lighter. And he says everyone now thinks the easier goal to reach is to move from handheld devices to wearable devices.
And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.
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词汇解释
1.wearable adj. 可穿用的，可佩带的；耐用的 n. 衣服
It's fashionable but wearable, and it's easy to look after.
它既时尚又耐穿，而且容易打理。
2.activate vt. 刺激；使活动；使活泼；使产生放射性 vi. 激活；有活力
We must activate the youth to study.
我们要激励青年去学习。
3.handheld adj. 掌上型；手持型；n.手持式装置
Users will be able to use their handhelds to look up timetables on the net, search for a local hotel, and check their bank accounts.
用户将能够使用掌上装置查阅网上时刻表，搜索当地旅馆并核对他们的银行账户。
内容解析
1.Prices may rise above $1,000 as companies like Apple and Sony offer watches loaded with application software programs.
load with 装载某物
Soldiers were loaded with blankets and supplies.
士兵们背着毯子和给养。
The President's visit is loaded with symbolic significance.
总统之行充满象征性意义。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。
上月在台湾举行的台北电脑科技展上，约有60家公司都展示了可穿戴电子产品。这些设备包括电子手表和手镯这些戴在手上的饰品。
台湾的宏碁公司向我们展示了名叫Liquid Leap的智能手环，这款设备戴在手臂上，能发送信息并激活智能手机上的音乐，还能计算出身体锻炼过程中燃烧的卡路里。
曼纽尔·里内格是宏碁公司发言人，他既看到可穿戴设备的成功前景，也看到了其中的风险。
宏碁的手环今年开始销售，最初将和一款无线电话捆绑销售，目前尚未公布价格。
宏碁的竞争者华硕电话和智能手机开发商HTC都计划在年底前推出可穿戴设备。
小开发商也在台北电脑展上展出了多种产品，台北的GuiderCare公司展出的手表能识别出人的摔倒，还能发送求助信息。该公司认为这款产品非常适合独居的老人。
台湾的Martian Watches公司展出了能向平板电脑或智能手机发送声音指令的手表，其目前在台北的售价是每台129美元。
一家政府研究机构展出的眼镜能通过手势与电脑互动，信号能传输200米，但目前尚未公布价格和发布日期。
可穿戴产品的价格仍较高，很多产品的价格比具备同样或额外功能的智能手机要高。而苹果或索尼等公司推出的加载应用软件的手表，其价格可高达1000美元以上。
技术专家称很多可穿戴设备仍存在问题，有的设备缺少必备的应用和电池节能设计，有的不具备买家希望的外观。观察家称很多只是针对自行车手等运动人士。
但是在台湾，产品开发商相信他们知道如何发展。黄汉堂是电脑展主办方的人员，他说可穿戴产品是其他电子设备的合理延伸。
他说在过去两年，开发商发现手持设备可以更小更轻，他说大家都认为比较容易实现的一个目标是从手持设备向可穿戴设备过渡。
这就是美国之音慢速英语科技报道，我是乔纳森·伊万斯。
