时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


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In today's Tech bytes, DVRs are about to become much more widespread. The Supreme 1 Court declined to hear a case attempting to block so-called network DVRs. That technology allows you to store programs on your cable company's computers instead of a set-top box in your home. And that means current cable boxes could be converted to DVRs without any new equipment, making the technology cheaper and more widely available.


The latest installment 2 of the Harry 3 Potter series will be in movie theaters in just a couple of weeks, the new video game hits stores today. Does it have the same magic as the movies? Racheal Fishman of Parenting.com test(s) it out for us.


For fans of the Harry Potter series, this is a really exciting game release. You can move through Hogwarts, you can move through all these different locations there, you can play as one of the three stars. One of the really cool things about this game is that if you are playing on the Wii, you get to use the Wiimote as a wand, so you really feel like you are fighting that duel 4, and you're pointing the wand and shooting the spells, it's very exciting. Another really fun thing about the Harry Potter games is that they're equally appealing to both boys and girls and parents. It's an activity that families can do together, so it's really fun that way.


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is available for all major gaming consoles.


Finally, are you worried that your kids are spending too much time online? Well, It turns out you're probably surfing the web more than they are. A new study finds teens spend 11.5 hours online each month, versus 5 29 hours for the average American. Of course part of the reason is that adults are browsing 6 at work while kids are at school. Another reason seems to be (that) kids spend a lot more time on their cellphones, sending hundreds of text messages each month.


For information on all of these stories, log on to the technology page of abcNews.com. Those are your tech bytes, I'm Vinita Nair.


 



1 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 installment
n.(instalment)分期付款;(连载的)一期
  • I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
  • He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。
3 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
4 duel
n./v.决斗;(双方的)斗争
  • The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
  • Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。
5 versus
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
6 browsing
v.吃草( browse的现在分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息
  • He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
active-area
Amakusa-Shimo-shima
Amd.
Androsace rigida
ant-bears
appropriate to
arbor.
asterolecanium machili
astronomic parallel
atyrau (guryev)
bagatelle
Banneker, Benjamin
beyond sb's tehter
boomhauer
Bragg diffraction
brick facing
bromohyperhidrosis
caterpillar treads
cfat
Chloramoebaceae
computer-phobia
continentalise
cotidal
cross inn
curved buttress dam
decomps
difiore
disk backup
dislocation multiplication
Drypetes salicifolia
Efficient diversification
EI characteristic
elmaz
euproctis postfusca
fanconi-albertini-zellweger(syndrome)
field loop jumper
Fournier's treatment
fuel pit backwash water
genve
gig conveyer
graduate training scheme
gratification deprivation
Ichiki
industrial production
isotopic concentration
karling
law of lights
law of trichotomy
long path emitter
Masaya, L.de
measuring operation
Meknès, Prov.de
Meneng Dist.
miskitu
miss the target
Monkey Bay
Mordovian
NATO Joint Communications-Electronics Committee
Nīleh
occipital anchorage
octave band pressure level
oikiomania
omoo
one time and another
patchett
Physocarpus
pig heaven
Pompiloidea
post-trematic artery
profit before tax
pythium elongatum
Quinault L.
rate of capital return
ruckelshaus
safe-harbor
scale level
sedenes
self oiling
sequence file
shock wave interference
shortsyne
sigill
single-vehicle
skewerings
slice of array
snaring
spilliness
stembridge
strategic attack bombing
superior orbitals
surface board
swiss guards
sypers
That's all she wrote.
tremidine
tromping
type, instruction
U-Zr alloy
uncontrolled fashion
vanadium trichloride
wet gas
withhold business