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Lesson 12 12.3 新款手机 女士们，先生们： 欢迎参加此次产品推介会。 我们是一家经过注册的美国有限公司，是十大手机经销商之一。今天我们很高兴地向您介绍一款最新的手机—MT100。它必将成为高端产品中最热卖的机型。 当今人们工作方式的两个要素就是随时随地能够方便地进行通讯、获取信息。 MT100就是为了完全满足这两种需求而设计的。 首先，此款手机支持蓝牙功能，连接性能超强。它是一款3频手机，可与G3,GPRS 和CDMA网络兼容，实现随时随地的呼叫。其设计独特的高增益天线将信号盲点降至最低。耳机与扬声器均采用最新技术，保证了通话双方的出色音质。 MT100还配备了蓝牙无线耳机。 500个号码的内存以及电话簿的存储容量都是其他手机所望尘莫及的。本款手机可与任何支持蓝牙功能的PDA或电脑数据保持同步。 当今的生活方式不再仅限于工作，娱乐也同样重要。因此， MT100还内设MP3播放器，其容量可连续播放5小时的音乐,并且内置多款游戏，还可以上网进行在线游戏。 外观是当代摩登社会的另一要素。 MT100时尚的外观设计凝结了数月的市场调查和测试结果，同时还拥有我们自己的特色。可换外套可自编曲的多和弦铃音以及可编程的软件都使得MT100个性十足，能满足不同场合不同心情的需要。 超凡的MT100必将成为市场上最受欢迎的机型。 亲身体验才最有说服力。欢迎大家都来亲身体验MT100的魅力。您一定不会失望的！ 12.4 Nanotechonology The term, nanotechnology, may not sound unfamiliar anymore. It has become a buzzword within the high-tech community, but ***when asked what’s it about and its impact on our life，I’m afraid many people are not able to answer right away. As a matter of fact, it’s already a part of daily life for many. The promise of nanotechnology is almost unlimited. Some may think nanotechnology is all in the future; however, that’s not the case. In the US, nano trousers are already on the market. ***They feel like ordinary cotton trousers but there’s a thin nano layer, which resists spills and stains. So, if you spill your drink, it just runs off. The trousers don’t even get damp. Nano trousers are just one application of the technology. Nano can be used to produce almost anything you want. Nanotechnology is the science of the very small. But how small is small? Well, imagine I were shrunk to a size 1000 times smaller. I’d be about as big as the eye of a fly, but nano is even smaller than that. In fact, much, much smaller. Imagine I were shrunk again, this time by 10,000 times. I’d be about as big as a virus, but nano is even smaller than that. You’d have to shrink me another 100 times to get the nano version of me, a billion times smaller than the real me. Industry is already building ***devices on that scale (nano devices). In Cam