人教课标版高中英语必修2 A_new_translator配套文本及练习.docVIP

PAGE 1 / NUMPAGES 4 A new translator配套文本及练习 Martin: Have you seen one of these before? 马丁: 你见过这种东西吗？ Peter: What is it? 彼得: 这是什么？ Martin: Its a new translator. 马丁: 它是一个新型翻译器。 Peter: Really? It looks like a big pen. 彼得: 真的吗？看起来像一根大笔。 Martin: I know, it does. But it actually translates several different languages. 马丁: 我知道它很像，但是它能翻译几种不同的语言。 Peter: Is it expensive? 彼得: 贵吗？ Martin: No, not really expensive. 马丁: 不，不算贵。 Peter: How does it work? 彼得: 它怎么用？ Martin: Here, let me show you. You just move the pen across the words. 马丁: 这样，让我来告诉你。你只要拿笔在单词上划过。 Peter: Thats it? 彼得: 就这样吗？ Martin: Well, that records the words like a computer scanner. Then you choose the language you want it to translate the words into. 马丁: 啊，它像计算机的扫描仪一样把字录下来。然后你选择你想让它翻译成的语种。 Peter: Then what do you do? 彼得: 然后怎么做？ Martin: You can have it pronounce the words so that you can hear the pronunciation. Or else you can connect it to your computer and transfer the words to your computer. 马丁: 你可以让它发音，这样你就能听到这些词的发音了。或者你可以把它与你的电脑连接起来，把这些词传到电脑上。 Peter: How many words can it do? 彼得: 它能接受多少词？ Martin: Pages and pages. It has a lot of memory. 马丁: 好多页呢。它有很大的存储量。 Peter: I have a computer translator, but this is much easier because you dont have to type anything. 彼得: 我有一个电脑翻译器，但是它容易多了，因为你不用打任何字。 Martin: Exactly. It is really easy to use and faster than typing into a translator. 马丁: 确实。它用起来很容易，要比打字的翻译器快。 Peter: Does it work well? 彼得: 它好用吗？ Martin: Quite well. The first ones that were invented a year or two ago were not very accurate, but they are getting better now. 马丁: 很好用。一两年前刚发明的那些不够准确，但是现在正在改进了。 Peter: What do you mean, not very accurate? 彼得: “不够准确”，你指什么意思？ Martin: They sometimes make mistakes in translating words. It is difficult because in English there are many words that are spelled the same but they have different meanings. 马丁: 它们有时候翻得有错误。这很难，因为英语有很多词汇拼写一样但意思不一样。 Peter: Give me an example. 彼得: 给我举个例子。 Martin: OK, how about the word fast? 马丁: 好吧，拿fast这个词来说怎样？ Peter: You mean Can you run fast?? 彼得: 你是指 C