VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：0108A.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家标题：voa慢速英语:2010年电子行业前景展望对应音频：0108a.mp3听力内容：Electronics Industry Hopes for a Reset in 2010This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.This years Consumer Electronics Show opened Thursday in Las Vegas. The event is the worlds biggest technology trade show.More than three hundred c

2、ompanies are presenting more than twenty thousand new products. The goal is to build excitement, make deals - and hopefully get good reviews in the media. Industry sales dropped eight percent last year during the recession.Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, predicted th

3、at one area of strong sales this year will be mobile phones. That includes fifty-two million smartphones expected to be sold in the United States. Smartphones run applications and access the Internet.Google is launching the Nexus One - which it calls a superphone. This is its first attempt to sell i

4、ts own device. The Nexus One will compete with Apples popular iPhone.Apple is reportedly about to introduce a new digital tablet. Tablets are easy-to-hold screens that let you read and watch media or search the Web. An example is the Amazon Kindle. Like netbooks, tablets cost less than traditional l

5、aptop computers. But that can also mean smaller profits for manufacturers and sellers.Companies like Sony and Panasonic are introducing new television sets for watching three-dimensional TV. A three-D TV costs more than three thousand dollars. Americans are expected to buy four million of them this

6、year. Sports broadcaster ESPN and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels.The Consumer Electronics Show has an area for companies to demonstrate products that save energy, reduce waste and use recycled materials. Show spokeswoman Jennifer Bemisderfer says the Sustainable Plane

7、t Tech Zone is four times bigger than last year.She says manufacturers are increasingly interested in the idea of cradle-to-cradle technology. That involves thinking about a products whole lifetime.JENNIFER BEMISDERFER: When those products are at the end of their useful life, how are they going to b

8、e broken down? How are we going to get some of the essential elements out of those products and have them reused in the manufacturing process?Interest is also growing in energy management systems for the home - and safe driving technologies for the car. These include voice-activated systems that let

9、 drivers make calls and send text messages without using their hands. Other products warn drivers if they are falling asleep or in danger of an accident.这里是VOA特别英语经济报道。今年的消费电子展CES于周二在拉斯维加斯开幕。该盛事是世界最大的科技贸易展览。公共有超过300家公司展出2万多种新产品。其目标是激起兴趣，达成交易——并希望获得媒体的好评。在去年的经济衰退期间，整个行业销量下降了8%。电子消费品协会主席Ga

10、ry Shapiro预测，今年销量比较强势的领域将是手机。预期美国将出售5200万部smartphone。smartphone可以运行应用软件，也可以访问网络。谷歌公司发布了Nexus One——谷歌公司称其为“superphone”。这是该公司销售设备的首次尝试。Nexus One将与苹果公司受欢迎的iPhone竞争。据报道，苹果公司即将引入一种新的数字化平板电脑。平板是一种比较容易操作的屏幕，可以阅读，观看视频或上网。其中一个例子就是Amazon Kindle。像上网本一样，平板的成本低于传统的台式电脑。但是这也意味着制造商和销售者获得的利润更低。索尼和松下等公司引

11、进了观看3D影片的电视机。3D电视机的成本超过3,000美元。预期，今年美国人将购买400万台3D电视机。体育广播电台ESPN和探索频道计划开发自己的3D频道。消费电子展还设有一个区域供各公司展览节约能源，减少浪费，使用循环材料的产品。展览女发言人Jennifer Bemisderfer表示，今年的可持续科技产品展区比去年的大四倍。她说，生产商对“从摇篮到摇篮”的技术概念越来越感兴趣。其中包括考虑一个产品的整个生命周期。JENNIFER BEMISDERFER：“当这些产品到达生命周期的末尾，他们将怎样被报废？我们怎样将其中一些必要的组件回收，重新利用到生产过程？”人们对家庭能源管理系统的兴趣也逐渐增加——还有汽车的安全驾驶技术。包括声音激活系统，可以让司机在不用手的情况下打点或或发信息。其他产品则在司机睡着或有发生事故的危险时提出警告。高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！