【一起听英语】智能眼镜
一款可以包含手机所有功能的眼镜，你是否想拥有？
Finn: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Finn and with me is Neil.
Neil: Hello.
Finn: And, we have a technology theme today – Neil, you carry a smartphone, don't you?
Neil: Yes – my phone can take photos and search the internet, I can watch videos, send
messages and even… hang on (phone rings)
Finn: Even make phone calls?
Neil: Sorry about that.
Finn: Very good. And – I can see that you are wearing a very fine pair of glasses.
Neil: Why thank you. They do make me quite… handsome, don't you think?
Finn: Of course. But how would you like to combine the two things – put them together?
Neil: Combine my smartphone and glasses?
Finn: That's what Google hope people will do. Their new product Google Glass is a kind of
small computer you wear on your face.
Neil: Yes, several companies are now developing 1 wearable tech – that's technology you
can wear – just like my glasses. With Google Glass, when you wear them you can
see the real world, as normal, but also a small kind of computer screen, hanging in
space…
Finn: Interesting, isn't it? And it makes me think of an action movie. Neil, which action
movie character had special eyes that were like computers – giving information
about the world around him?
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Neil: That's a difficult question. I'm not sure, science-fiction is not my favourite type of
movie. I will say, though, Terminator.
Finn: Ok, you're not a science fiction fan. We'll find out at the end of the programme if that
was right. First, let's take a closer look at these specs – or glasses - themselves.
Neil: We don't have a pair, but our BBC 2 colleague 4 Rory Cellan-Jones went to Google to try
a pair out. Listen carefully - which three different things does he do with them?
BBC technology correspondent 5, Rory Cellan-Jones:
Ok Glass. Take a picture! There, I've got a picture of the cameraman. I'm going to go back. OK
Glass. Let's record a video. I'm now recording 6 everybody that's in this room. And I'm going to stop
that. How do I say 'thank you for the flowers' in Japanese? Hana arigatou gozaimashita. Excellent,
so I can now speak Japanese via 7 these glasses.
Finn: So, which different things did Rory Cellan-Jones do?
Neil: Did you hear them? Number one - he took a picture:
BBC technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones:
Take a picture!
Finn: Number two – he recorded a video:
BBC technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones:
Let's record a video.
Neil: And three…
BBC technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones:
How do I say 'thank you for the flowers' in Japanese?
Neil: He learned 8 how to say a phrase 9 in Japanese.
Finn: Very good, yes. Neil, I know you speak Japanese, what was the phrase?
Neil: Oh right. It was: hana arigatou gozaimashita.
Finn: Wonderful pronunciation.
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Google Glass:
Hana arigatou gozaimashita.
Finn: Which means 10 'thank you for the flowers'. But anyway let's get back to English!
Neil: With all the things these glasses can do, some people find them creepy – a bit
Finn: Yes, because you can use them while walking along the street, for example, nobody
will know what you're doing, and some people are worried that they might be used to
find out information about their private, or personal lives.
Neil: Some are concerned about drivers using the glasses – saying it could be dangerous
when driving.
Finn: And casinos – places where people play games – like card games – to win money,
are concerned they could be used to cheat. Anyway, what do you think about them
Neil?
Neil: I have to say I don't like the idea.
Finn: OK, why?
Neil: Because I like to be separate 12 from technology sometimes. I'm worried that my brain
will stop working if I have a computer on my head.
Finn: If there's a computer in your head, you might become a cyborg, which is part man,
part machine. Which takes me back to the question I asked you earlier, what was the
name of the action movie where there was a character with a robot eye?
Neil: I said Terminator.
Finn: That was absolutely correct, very good. The Terminator with 'Terminator vision 13'. So,
what do you think of Google Glass and wearable tech in general? Let us know on the
BBC Learning 3 English Facebook page. Now, Neil, could you remind us of some of
today's language?
Neil: smartphone
to combine
wearable tech
specs
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creepy
private
casino
cyborg
Finn: OK that's it for this programme. Do join us again soon for more 6 Minute English
from BBC Learning English.
Both: Bye
- Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
- They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
- She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
- The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
- He is a colleague of mine.他是我的同事。
- The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.教授回访了他的美国同事。
- He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
- The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- The news reached me via my aunt.那消息是通过我婶婶转告我的。
- The ticket reads to Beijing via Shanghai.车票上写明经上海到北京。
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。
- The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
- That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
- What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
- Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？
- Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。