365个英语简短小故事- 56. A Year with No TV
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：365个英语简短小故事
Starting in February 2009, broadcasts of all TV signals will be digital, replacing current analog 1 signals. For people who have cable or satellite TV, this is a non-issue, because their reception will not be affected 2. But people who use rabbit ears or outside antennas 3 won’t be able to receive the new digital signals. They’ll have to buy a converter for each TV, which will cost about $50 each. For Chris, that was too much.
Instead, Chris was simply going to give his two TVs away to a thrift 4 shop. Then he would wait until the prices went way down on digital tuner TVs, and buy one when the price was right. He loaded the TVs into his car.
The lady at the thrift shop wasn’t interested at first. She changed her mind when he said that they were only 13” TVs, and that they worked perfectly 5. He was relieved when she accepted them. Had she not, he would have had to deposit them at a hazardous 6 waste facility, which meant waiting in line, in his car, for hours on end.
Chris got home feeling good. Now he was going to enjoy at least a year of no TV. The “idiot box” was a good name for that waste of electricity. He felt like a new man for having got rid of his two TVs. When Donna called that night, he proudly told her the news. Donna, whose native language was Chinese, was not happy.
“What do you mean, you have no TV?” she yelled over the phone. “How are you going to teach me anything when I call to ask you about new vocabulary on the 11 o’clock news?” She had a few more things to say. Chris sighed. When she finished, he promised her he would buy a new digital TV the very next day.
- The analog signal contains high-frequency video information,which helps make up the picture.模拟信号包括有助于构成图像的高频视频信息。
- The analog computer measures continuously,without proceeding step by step.模拟计算机不是一步一步地进行，而是连续地进行量度。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- Marconi tied several antennas to kites. 马可尼在风筝上系了几根天线。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
- Radio astronomy today is armed with the largest antennas in the world. 射电天文学拥有世界上最大的天线。
- He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
- His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。