ESL Podcast 945 – Using Electronics While Traveling

　　Justin: Are you nearly packed?

　　Marsha: Almost. Let’s see, I have wall chargers for my cell phone and other devices, extra memory cards for my camera, and noise- canceling headphonesfor the airplane.

　　Justin: Oh, yeah, I forgot to pack my headphones. I’d better dig them out right now.

　　Marsha: I’ve also packed portable batteries for our devices in case we run out of power en route. I’ve also brought a power strip to use in our hotel room.

　　Justin: Why?

　　Marsha: Hotel rooms never have enough outlets¹.

　　Justin: That’s true. I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe I should bring one, too. Between the two of us, we have a lot of gadgets² to plug in.

　　Marsha: And I’m bringing some cables in case we want to hook up our devices to the TV.

　　Justin: Don’t you think that’s overkill?

　　Marsha: Not at all. How else will we entertain ourselves for an entire week?

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史