工业设计专业英语第二课.pptVIP

English for Industrial Design 工业设计专业英语 设计改变生活 Unit one Design History and Theory Lesson 2 Designed in Italy? NO, in China New words and expressions: 1. contour n.. 轮廓，外形 2. tweak v. 调节，调整 3. gadget n. 小器具，小配件，小玩意儿 4. faucet n. 水龙头，旋塞 5. knockoff n. 翻印本，复制品 设计改变生活 New words and expressions: 6. Freshly –minted adj. 最近出炉的 Phrases and Expressions： 1.churn out 大量产出 2.Blow one’s mind 使人感到高兴或者惊愕 Notes: 1. Black Decker 美国著名电动工具制造商 设计改变生活 Behold Black Deckers fleet of new irons. With their streamlined styling, you might imagine they sprang from hip industrial design firm in Milan or London. But guess what: Their pleasing contours came from drafting boards in Chinas Guangdong province. The Chinese are surprisingly in touch with design trends,“ says Steven Hecker, director of new-product development at Applica Consumer Products, which makes Black Decker Corp. small appliances under license. 设计改变生活 设计改变生活 译文：请看BIackDecker公司的新型电熨。对于它 的流线型设计风格，你可能以为它们出自米兰或伦 敦某家时尚工业设计公司之手。然而你却万万没想 到，那些赏心悦目的外形竟然是中国广东省设计师 的作品。Applica消费产品公司新产品开发部主任史 蒂文·赫克说，中国人“不可思议地跟上了设计潮流”。 Applica公司根据Black Decker公司的授权生产一 些小型家用电器。 设计改变生活 China is no longer content with being just the workbench of the world; it wants to become a force in industrial design, too. The country boasts no fewer than 200 design schools that churn out as many as 8,000 graduates a year. And hundreds of the top Chinese students are flocking to the best U.S. and European graduate programs in design. 设计改变生活 译文：中国现已不再是仅仅充当世界工厂的加工基地 了，它正在成为工业设计领域里的一支新生力量。中 国拥有不下200所设计院校，每年的毕业生多达8000 人左右。有成百上千的中国优秀学生纷纷涌向欧美最 好的设计专业去攻读硕士学位。 设计改变生活 It really blows my mind how dedicated they are, says Tim Parsey, director of consumer-experience design for Motorola Inc.s Personal Communications division, which has an eight-person design team in Beijing. Hes not the only one whos impressed. Executives at General Motors, LG Electronics, and Electrolux have all hired hundreds of hot young local designers to creat