时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2010


英语课

Finally tonight a new product launch. The last time there was this much fuss over a tablet, well, it was a long time ago. Today Apple came out with its new half inch thick electronic tablet, a kind of giant iPod touch called the iPad. Critics immediately compare the name to a line of products for women and they picked apart a few other features alike of them, but for tech fans and a lot of regular folks, Apple might once again have landed on the next big thing. Our report on the unveiling from NBC’s George Lewis in San Francisco:


Steve Jobs is a master of this, letting the anticipation 1 build and then the big announcement.


“And we’d like to show it to you today for the first time. And we call it the iPad. ”


The iPad with its 9.7 inch touch screen and a starting price of 499, will let users surf the web, do email, watch video, organize photos, listen to music, read newspapers, magazines and books, and games.


Steve Jobs talks about people being able to hold the internet in their hands, and he says anybody who’s used the iPhone or an iPod touch knows how to use this device already.


Major publications from the New York Times to Sports Illustrated 2 are developing new media applications for the iPad.


“Well, people have to pay for this content?”


“Absolutely, it’s valuable; this is very valuable content. The possibilities, you know, are almost endless, it’s intuitive and our stuff just looks so great.”     


But as tech reviewers at today’s unveiling twittered about the iPad, it was getting mixed reviews


“The software that I saw, I wish, I expect a little more, frankly 3, expect a little more innovation from a company that’s been so creative with user interfaces 4 over the years.”


At Abilene Christian 5 University in Texas were students already do class work on iPhones. The school now plans to embrace the iPad.


“The true electronic book is going to be as transformational a moment for culture as the printed book when Gutenberg first introduced it.”


“We hope you love the iPad as much as we do.”


And while everybody may not love it as much as Steve Jobs, there are expected to be long lines when it hit stores in two months.


George Lewis, NBC news, San Francisco.


 



1 anticipation
n.预期,预料,期望
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
2 illustrated
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
3 interfaces
界面( interface的名词复数 ); 接口(连接两装置的电路,可使数据从一种代码转换成另一种代码); 交界; 联系
  • If the class needs to be reprogrammed, new interfaces are created. 如果class需要重新程序设计,新的interfaces创建。
  • Interfaces solve this problem of evolving code. Interfaces解决了代码升级的问题。
4 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
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