科技英语阅读与翻译-第五单元.pptxVIP

Hands-on Computing: How Multi-touch Screens Could Change the Way We Interact with Computers and Each Other;1：1～3 paragraphs;When Apple’s iPhone hit the streets（原意，上街 此处为 hit the shops/stores 指（新商品等）上市） last year,it introduced（介绍，翻译为推出，新产品上市） so-called（所谓的） multi-touch screens to the general public. Image on the screen can be moved around（四处走走） with a fingertip and made bigger or smaller by placing two fingertips on the image’s edge;s and then either spreading those fingers apart or bringing them closer together. The tactile pleasure the interface provides beyond its utility quickly brought it accolades.The operations felt intuitive,even sensuous. But in laboratories around the world at the time of the iPhone’s launch ,multi-touch screens had vastly outgrown two-finger commands. Engineers have developed much larger screens that respond to 10 fingers at once,even to multiple people.;很容易想象摄影师，平面设计师或建筑师这些必须操纵大量视觉材料并且经常在团队中工作的专业人员会欢迎这种多点触控计算。然而，该技术已经已经应用于更广的范围，在这种情况下，任何没有经过任何培训的人都可以在头脑风暴会议期间联系并移动或标记对象和计划。;Jeff Han,a consulting computer scientist at New York University and founder of Perceptive Pixel in New York City,is at the forefront（第一线）of multi-touch technology.Walking into his company’s lobby ,one is greeted by a three-by-eight-foot flat screen.Han ssteps up to the electronic wall and unleashes a world of images using nothingbut the touch of his fingers.As many as 10or more video feeds can run simultaneously,and there is no toolbar in sight. When Han wants the display to access different files he taps it twice,bringing up charts or menus that can also br tapped.;2：4～6 paragraphs;Several early adopters have purchased complete systems, including intelligence agencies that need to quickly compare geographically coordinated surveillance images in their war rooms. 一些早期的采用者已经购买了完整的系统，包括情报机构，他们需要快速比较战场上地理位置协调的监控图像。 News anchors on CNN used a big Perceptive Pixel system during coverage of the presidential primaries that boldly displayed all 50 U.S. states; to depict voting