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This is Scientific American 60 seconds Tech, I'm Larry Greenemeier, got a minute?

这里是科学美国人60秒科技频道，我是拉里·格林梅耶M=%-y,=AC6,EL*2vDrR。

Apple, Google and other tech companies have spent years gathering info about your purchasing habits, entertainment preferences and social circles. They want to know what makes you tick. Now they also want to know about your actual ticker. The tech firms are targeting your vital signs with health apps and online data repositories.

苹果，谷歌以及其他科技公司花费数年时间收集有关用户消费习惯，娱乐偏好以及社会圈的信息de-kcNaDub9-8;8un#B。他们想知道什么能带给用户快乐o0R&=|RS|W,W,n5b。但是现在他们还想了解你的心脏8FK=ssY&)*8d;Rx#%oLp。以上科技公司努力获得并分析健康应用程序或是在线数据库上的用户健康信息x*@#=EKRYhI_CouN。

Apple's new Health app will gather blood pressure, heart rate, and stats on diet and exercise from any number of mobile apps and fitness devices, including Nike+ wearables. Apple may even start selling its own wrist watch-like health-monitoring device this fall, along the lines of Samsung's Gear Fit and its upcoming Simband.

苹果一新款健康APP会收集用户血压，心率，饮食情况，并通过耐克等品牌的运动追踪器和收集应用程序检查用户的运动情况]mNAj[mBy!6yt,;F。今年秋季，苹果也有望推出自己品牌的腕式健康检查仪器，与此同时，三星也会推出智能手环GearFit以及健康追踪腕带Simband.

Google may challenge Apple with its own Google Fit health service. This effort would be Google's second crack at a health info portal, after shuttering Google Health in January 2012 due to lack of interest.

为挑战苹果，谷歌也会推出自己的健康仪器sTFN+CYDjLP9RcB2。此举是谷歌继2012年1月由于用户大多不感兴趣而以失败告终的GoogleHealth（是谷歌为用户提供的一个管理自己病历的平台）之后进军健康追踪领域的第二战xyDTmAb]5YtSr%C=X。

Meanwhile, Microsoft, which may soon offer its own heart-monitoring smartwatch, has offered its similar HealthVault service since 2010.

同时，微软也即将发布自己的心率监控腕表;FTA,a=Z+g15#A%A2f。早在2010年&0!l7nBK*jZO|。微软就提供过“健康基金库”的服务b.-!n0Zi^,。
These systems encourage the purchase of more products and services that promote a healthy lifestyle. Which, of course, ups the odds that their customers will stick around for a while.

这些应用程序都会刺激人们购买类似产品或服务，鼓励人们培养健康的生活方式+KNuNBCH-[yB。当然，也增加了用户使用该该产品的概率_t#M]nH)7=_|RC。

Thanks for the minute for the Scientific American 60 Seconds Tech, I'm Larry Greenemeier.

感谢收听科学美国人60秒科技频道3ZPMad]eD+V6gRK3C+。

重点讲解

1.chalenge sb. with sth. 挑战某人做某事

You don't need a Ph.D to decode their work, but they do try to challenge audiences with unconventional material.

解读他们的作品并不需要有博士学位，但他们的确在尝试用一些非传统素材来挑战观众的接受度Dmu;5|,%~S8。

Ovid and Horace challenge comparison with the best elegiac and lyric poets of Greece.

奥维德和贺雷西要同希腊最好的挽歌和抒情诗人争一日之长.

2.due to 由于

He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges.

他将因毒品交易的指控受到军法审判_)Osfef43BBSRLv29。
It was a real prize due to its rarity and good condition.

因为稀有并且品相完好，它价值连城&kw68ejt]SE5tVU^Ak。

3.lack of 缺少，欠缺

Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.

缺乏锻炼会导致抑郁和疲劳(FTh(p^cXptcgvRV@[T。

She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.

她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快Tnv%qb!NDUme1[ZhKcz6。