英语笑话听力+文本:CD唱机(在线收听

【生词预览】

decipher解读,technicals技术术语

【笑话原文】

CD Player

While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalses on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, though, so I called over a salesperson and asked,“ What does 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' mean?“

“That means,” she said, “that this machine will read the digital information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal - that is, into music.”

In other words this CD player plays CDs.

Exactly.

【中文译文】

CD唱机

在购买我的第一部CD唱机时,我能够解读推销标记上面的大多数技术语言。但是有一个标示却让我颇为迷惑,于是我叫过销售商,问道:“‘混合脉冲D/A变换器’是什么意思?”

“它的意思是,”她说,“这个机器能够读CD碟上加码的数字信息,将它转换成声音信息-也就是说,转换成音乐。”

换句话说,这个CD唱机能够播放CD碟。
正是如此。


【词汇讲解】

1.decipher解读/破译。Researchers are gradually deciphering the genetic structure found in the cells of organisms.研究者正渐渐破译存于有机体细胞内的基因结构。

2.puzzled困惑的。Everyone was a bit puzzled by her sudden departure.
每个人都对她的突然离开有点儿困惑不解。


3.call over把…叫过来。 The teacher saw her standing there and called her over.老师看见她站在那里, 就把她叫了过来。也有“点(名)”的意思:The teacher calls over the names of his students every day.老师每天给学生点名。

4.converter转换器。也可以指“变频器”、“整流器/变流器”。

5.encode把…译成电码。“编制成计算机语言”:We should encode the message for security reasons.为了确保安全,我们应该对信息进行编码。

6.signal信息,信号。Signals are made with flags or lamps.用旗或凳传递信号。

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