国外媒体:"呜呜祖拉"惹人厌 商家伺机推消音器

An online company has begun marketing¹ an "Anti Vuvuzela Filter" that promises to silence the sound of the controversial plastic trumpets² that have become the trademark³ of South Africa's World Cup.

The company's web site, antivuvuzelafilter.com, sells an MP3 audio file for 2.95 euros (3.60 dollars) that the company says will cancel the vuvuzela noise for TV viewers by producing a sound wave similar to the horn's that cancels the noise.

"Just download our specially⁴ designed vuvuzela noise cancellation⁵ MP3 and play it back on your home stereo system, computer, iPod, iPhone, etc.," the website says.

"Depending on the circumstances, the resulting soundwave may be so faint as to be inaudible to human ears."

But Anthony Sullivan, a physicist⁶ at South Africa's Rhodes University, called the idea "a marketing hype and a waste of money."

"Noise cancelling depends on specific positions. You're not going to get that cancelling," he said.

His advice to those who don't like hearing the vuvuzela?

"Mute the TV."

备受争议的“呜呜祖拉”加油工具已成为南非世界杯的一大标志，日前，一家网络公司推出了一种据称可消除这种塑料喇叭所发出的噪音的“呜呜祖拉滤声器”。

该公司网站（antivuvuzelafilter.com）上出售的“呜呜祖拉滤声器”其实是一个MP3音频文件，每个售价2.95欧元（3.6美元）。据该公司介绍，该音频文件可通过产生与“呜呜祖拉”声音相近的声波，消除电视里发出的噪音。

该网站说：“你只需下载我们特别设计的‘呜呜祖拉’MP3消音文件，然后在家庭立体音响系统、电脑、iPod播放器或iPhone手机上等进行播放，即可达到屏蔽噪音的目的。”

“在某些环境中，用这种文件处理后的声波可能会变得很微弱，人耳几乎听不到。”

但南非罗德斯大学的物理学家安东尼?沙利文则称这个想法纯粹是“市场炒作和浪费金钱”。

他说：“噪音的消除取决于特定的位置。喇叭声是消不掉的。”

那么对于那些不喜欢“呜呜祖拉”声音的人，他有什么建议呢？

“把电视机调成静音。”

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 trumpets   

喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 )； 小号； 喇叭形物； （尤指）绽开的水仙花

参考例句：

• A wreath was laid on the monument to a fanfare of trumpets. 在响亮的号角声中花圈被献在纪念碑前。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

3 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

4 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

5 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

6 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。