访谈录 2010-02-02&2010-02-04 iPad, 是失望还是惊喜？

"I-Pad is a disappointment for me, and it's too much like Ipod."
"I think it gets virtue¹ of it, I think it's good."
"It reminds me of feminine products. I'm sorry, not to be gross. I think it's a terrible name."
"Paul ,what do you think?"
"I’m still fainting."
"Sorry"
"I’m, I kind of like the iPad name. I was also appalled² to see that they haven't actually bought the demotion name if you go to iPad.com. It's not theirs apparently³ which is dilute⁴ its challenging Apple normal works.... "
"Wow, There's a debatinging war for that right now."
"Oh, my god. At least, we’ll have watch Mitchell’s Youtube moment at high def on our eye whatever. I crumble⁵. "
"Sorry."
"Hey, you apologize."
"But you know, the other thing still missing here is what's the battery like for this thing. This is a giant, bright screen in a very thin form status."
"Oh, you're diverting into detail."
"No, no. That's important. Will it last on a flight from LA to New York cause that's the only people who would be buying it those in LA and New York?"
"Yeah, but you know what to Denis’s point, Paul, You know, what about, you know, they’ve tried to make a little bit of foray into the business world. Is this for the business person,is this for the business traveller, the business person, ur, what do you think or is this for those who just have to have Apple products and only Apple products in their life and in their home?"
"No, I think this is for, the primary market for this is, is kind of casual media consumption around the house for those unfortunate like me who keep putting lap-tops all around the house, cause I think at some point I may need to get access to contact the world…"
"Wait, Can I take a, Paul, can I picture with this and make a skyphone call with it,or do you know?"
"Well, according to some of the folks who looks like they sort of tating right after the nine disclosure undo⁶ the last night, yes, The answer from some of this reports I heard early this morning that people could use it for exactly that. "
"And Paul, you see this more as used in the home cause now you really confuse me. I feel like a netbook is found at home. My thought, this was the idea, I'm taking that baby out my briefcase⁷ on the subway and there have..."
"And for those, to answer Mitchell's question. It is a one-inch in terms of its thinness and it weighs one and a half pounds."
"No, half an inch, half an inch."
"Half an inch?"
"Half an inch."
"Half an inch."
"Half an inch, it’s very thin, yeah."
"... I can hear this is all to, you know, to be dkind of.. frank on the thing. It's only really interesting, if you get, you know giant units you don't get giant units by beating up by Macbooks. You get giant units by convincing consumers to buy trade to a house ."
"Trade to a house and you see it as less as a mobile device. I thought the whole idea of a tablet PC was to be a mobile device."
"Oh, I think it' is a mobile device, but I'm saying in terms of, if you really want to talk volumes early, I think be angle here is this becomes a device for consumptive information wherever I am around the house.

 

1 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

2 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 dilute   

vt.稀释，冲淡；adj.稀释的，冲淡的

参考例句：

• The water will dilute the wine.水能使酒变淡。
• Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids.锌置换了稀酸中的氢。

5 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

6 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

7 briefcase   

n.手提箱，公事皮包

参考例句：

• He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
• He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。