万花筒 2013-01-18&01-21 2013美国CES消费电子展瘦身减肥产品风行

 That fork, called happy folk.

“It's the fork to tell you to eat more slowly.”

“It tells you to eat more slowly.Where are you from?”

“Where are you from?”

“I'm from Paris. France.”

“So you come up with this in France where you eat cheese and wine.”

As you hold the fork, it measures the length of your meal, the number of time you bring it to your mouth and how long you break in between full close.

“It's vibrating¹ already.”

It turns out I was eating too fast, not to mention talking with my mouth full. 

Joanna Stern², ABC News.com technology editor right there with us.

“So what does it want me to do?”

“It wants you to slow down.”

So I did.

“It's not vibrating now. So I've slowed down and it's happy with me now.”

“It's actually called the happy fork.”

“Happy fork.”

I’ll put this on my forehead.

The next product tries to convince⁴ us on spree-the computer you wear on your forehead.

“How is my heart rate?

75. My heart rate is dropping as I check out your products.”

They say it's the first device⁵ to combine the length of your workout, how far, how fast with your body temperature, sending the information via a bluetooth. But I have a question about one of the numbers.

“Do I have a fever?”

“No, no, it's okay.”

“It's 99.6.”

He assured⁶ me with no fever, it was warm in that convention⁷ center. 

“Who wears this when they work out though. I mean if you went to the gym and you had this on, you look a little funny, I mean,you know?”

“No, you don't sweat with this. It's like a sweat stop.”

And lastly, Fitbit. You wear it like a watch right on your belt,and it tells you how many steps, how many stairs climbed, how many calories burnt in a single day.

“So if you goal is 2562,you are almost there.How many steps should we be taking?”

“You should be taking at least 10,000.”

“10,000 steps a day?’

“It's hard actually, but you should be doing that.”

So today it works⁸.

“See how many steps I take before I get to the news desk here.”

I took the stairs, went to Starbucks for everyone, back up the block.

“I love the escalator.”

Delivering those coffees to the edit³ room.

“I haven't even hit 2000 yet.”

That's just why that message said,

“faster, David.”

“Everyone is laughing at me in the studio. I should skip the escalator because I'm only at 2600 steps.They say 10,000.”

1 vibrating   

n.振动，振荡v.（使）振动[颤动]( vibrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A vibrating membrane in the ear helps to convey sounds to the brain. 耳膜的振动帮助声音传送到大脑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In wind instruments the sound is produced by a vibrating air column. 管乐器的声音是由振动的气柱产生的。 来自辞典例句

2 stern   

adj.严厉的，严格的，严峻的；n.船尾

参考例句：

• The ship was in a blaze from stem to stern.整艘船从头到尾都着火了。
• The headmaster ruled the school with a stern discipline.校长治校严谨。

3 edit   

vt.编辑，校订，主编，编辑，剪辑（影片等）

参考例句：

• You'll have to edit that tape,it's too long.那盘录音带太长，你得把它剪辑一下。
• It is not yet decided who will edit it.由谁校订未决。

4 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。

5 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。

6 assured   

a.确实的，深信的

参考例句：

• He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷静自信地说。
• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。

7 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

8 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。