Business Channel 2007-02-15&17

Intel says it's developed a programmable processor that can perform about a trillion calculations per second. That's trillion with the T, a one followed by 12 zeros. Just to give you some perspective here. The company says it can put on a chip the size of a fingernail, the power that it took an entire data center to handle in 1996, a data center that took up an office the size of a house. And it only needs as much energy as a light bulb instead of the 500 kilowatts¹ of electricity for that old data center. Now, while the chip is still in the research phase, this is an important breakthrough. Intel says some uses for the chip could include artificial intelligence, 3D computers and real-time speech recognition. Melissa.

Let's continue to talk about technology and technological² changes. It seems that we often hear about new video-sharing sites and changes at them, and now I understand there're changes to YouTube.

That's right. The popular video site is now going to have a lot of more viewing options for users. YouTube is teaming up with the Digital Music Group to bring some popular classic TV shows to the web. Users can now see all-time TV favorites like " Gumby ", "My Favorite Martian" and" I, Spy". And here's the best of all, you can watch these shows for free. The deal will bring more than 4,000 hours of video content to the site.

Not only free. but you can actually see the entire episode which is quite a departure from the way YouTube normally does business.

Yeah, that's right. This is different from past deals which only clips of shows were posted on the site. And also both YouTube and Digital Music Group will share in the revenue generated through online commercials. The commercials will appear on the pages where the video actually plays. This makes some much more prominent than past advertising³ on the site. And along with the TV shows, Digital Music Group will also offer its approximately 40,000 music recordings⁴ to YouTube.

Stocks ended monthly lower today amid uncertainty⁵ over Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's upcoming testimony⁶ to Congress and a sharp dip in oil prices. But the two-dollar-a-barrel drop in oil prices helped airlines stocks buck⁷ that downtrend. Southwest Airlines gained 4 percent after raising fares. Taking a look at the Big Board, the Dow dropped 28 points; the NASDAQ lost three-tenths of a percent on the day.

1 kilowatts   

千瓦( kilowatt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's about 500 kilowatts per hour on average. 年用电量平均为每小时500千瓦。 来自商贸英语会话
• We have an emergency-standby electric generator with a capacity of 300 kilowatts. 我们有一台三百千瓦的事故备用发电机。

2 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

3 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

4 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

5 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

6 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

7 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。