【大家说英语】穿戴科技(2)

December 9

 

12月9日

Read it!

读读看！

Technology makes a lot of amazing things possible!

科技让许多不可思议的事情得以成真！

A bracelet¹ helps you remember your cellphone.

一支手炼能帮你记得拿你的手机，

It beeps if you leave your phone behind.

如果你遗忘了你的手机，它就会哔哔作响。

One kind of watch can tell you how far you run and how many calories you burn!

有一种手表可以显示你跑了多远，以及燃烧了多少卡路里！

There are sunglasses that are also MP3 players.

还有身兼MP3播放器的太阳眼镜，

These sunglasses have ear buds² and can plug into your computer.

这种太阳眼镜有塞耳式耳机，还可以插入你的计算机。

Conversation A

 

会话A

Those are cool sunglasses, Megan!

梅根，这副太阳眼镜很酷！

Thank you! They're also an MP3 player!

谢谢妳的夸奖！ 这也是MP3播放器！

What? How is that possible?

什么？那怎么可能？

The sunglasses have small ear buds.

这副太阳眼镜有小小的耳塞式耳机，

I can put them in and listen to music.

我可以戴上耳机听音乐。

But how do you put the music into the sunglasses?

但是妳怎么把音乐放到太阳眼镜里？

I plug the sunglasses into my computer.

我把眼镜插入到我的计算机里，

Then I download the music to them.

然后再下载音乐存到里面。

That sounds easy to do.

听起来很容易。

穿戴科技

 

Conversation B

 

会话B

Look at my new bracelet, Mark.

马克，你看我的新手炼。

Is there something different about it?

那有什么特别的吗？

Yes! This bracelet helps me to remember my cellphone.

有！这条手环帮我记得拿我的手机。

How can it do that?

那是怎么做到的呢？

It beeps when I walk too far away from my phone.

我如果走离手机太远的话，它就会哔哔作响。

So now you won't leave your phone at home or at a restaurant.

所以现在妳不会把手机遗忘在家里或是餐厅了。

Right. I lose my phone a lot.

对啊。我常常丢手机，

I don't want to buy a new one!

我可不想买新手机了。

Conversation C

 

会话C

What are you looking at, Jim?

吉姆，你在看什么？

I'm looking at this cool watch online.

我正在看网络上这支很酷的手表，

I think my wife will buy it for me for Christmas.

我想我太太会买这支送我做圣诞节礼物。

What does it do?

它可以做什么？

It helps with exercise.

它协助你运动。

It tells you how far you run, and how many calories you burn.

它会显示你跑了多远，以及燃烧了多少卡路里。

That's amazing!

真是太惊人了！

Do you exercise often?

你常运动吗？

I exercise a couple of times a week.

我一个礼拜运动两三次，

I want to exercise even more next year!

希望明年我可以更常运动！

 

1 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。

2 buds   

芽( bud的名词复数 )； 苞； 半开的花； 未长大的叶

参考例句：

• the first buds appearing in spring 春天的初芽
• Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring. 柳枝绽青报春来。