ESL Podcast 909 – Buying Electronic Books
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Kindo: What’s that?
Nookie: It’s my new e-book reader. I’m just downloading some new books onto it.
Kindo: I haven’t bought one yet. I’m old school. I still prefer a printed book.
Nookie: But if you haven’t tried it yet, how do you know you wouldn’t like it better? This e-book reader can store over 10,000 digital books and it’s easily portable 1. Imagine trying to carry an entire library from place to place.
Kindo: I don’t usually read 10,000 books all at once and I hear that there are a lot of incompatible 2 formats 4 out there. Each company is trying to edge out the others by establishing their format 3 as the format. I think I’ll just wait until the dust settles.
Nookie: The different formats aren’t that big a deal. You can easily convert 5 a book in one format to another.
Kindo: I like the look of text on a printed page.
Nookie: You mean that faded text on that yellowed page? On an e-book reader, you can adjust the text size, font, and even line spacing.
Kindo: Can I get all of the out-of-print books on my shelves in digital format?
Nookie: Well, I’m not sure.
Kindo: Until I can, I’ll stick to my low-tech books.
adj.轻便的，手提式的；n.便携的东西
- I have a portable typewriter.我有一个便携式打字机。
- There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.屋角放着一架小巧玲珑的折梯。
adj.不相容的，不协调的，不相配的
- His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
- Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。
n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排
- Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
- The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。
n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）
- They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网