英语PK台 第768期:翻译入门(8)

 Wild About Tech, China Even Loves Robot Waiters That Can’t Serve

中国技术热潮：不能上餐的机器人服务员也受追捧

China is ready for the future, even if the future hasn’t quite arrived.

中国已为未来做好了准备，尽管未来尚未到来。

China has become a global technological¹ force in just a few years. It is shaping the future of the internet.Its technology ambitions helped prompt the Trump² administration to start a trade war. Hundreds of millions of people in China now use smartphones to shop online, pay their bills and invest their money, sometimes in ways more advanced than in the United States.

短短几年里，中国已成为全球技术主力，正在塑造着互联网的未来。中国的技术野心是促使特朗普政府发动贸易战的其中一个原因。中国目前有数亿人使用智能手机在网上购物、支付账单、做投资，其中一些方式要比美国更先进。

1 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。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。