迪拜智能棕榈树：有WiFi能充电

 　　Smart palm trees have been installed and are ready for use in Dubai this summer enabling beach goers and park visitors to have limitless power and internet access on their mobile phones.

　　迪拜安装了一些智能棕榈树，这个夏天即将投入使用。前往沙滩和公园的游客无需担心手机电量，并且可以自在上网。

　　Soaking up the sun during the day, these state-of-the-art trees store energy to bedischarged in the evening.

　　这些应用先进科技的棕榈树白天充分吸收太阳光，到了晚上再把储存的能量释放出来。

　　On each tree, there are eight charging points and WiFi ranges for 100 metres in any direction.

　　每棵树上有8个充电接口，可提供覆盖方圆100米的WiFi热点。

　　Smart Palm is the company behind this ingenious endeavour and have so far set up two - one on Surf Beach and another in a park near the waterfront.

　　这一创意设计由Smart Palm公司打造。该公司迄今为止已“种下”两棵智能棕榈树，一棵在冲浪海滩上，另一棵在海滨附近的一处公园。

　　The company plans to plant them in 103 locations around Dubai as part of a contract with the city.

　　该公司计划在迪拜附近103处地点“种植”智能棕榈树，这是其与迪拜市签署的合同的部分内容。

　　迪拜智能棕榈树：有WiFi能充电

　　Towering at 20 feet high and with leaves measuring 18 square metres, the high-tech¹ palms, understandably, are also equipped with screens and security cameras.

　　这些智能棕榈树高20英尺，“叶片”面积达18平方米。这样的高科技棕榈树还配有屏幕以及安全摄像头自然也不足为奇。

　　However, the cost to use the powerful palm has not yet been decided².

　　但是，使用这一强大的高科技产品的价格还没有定下来。

　　And while they may be useful to sneak³ some shade under during the day, it's at night that passersby⁴ will undoubtedly⁵ flock.

　　白天这些树也许只能提供些荫凉，但到了晚上无疑会成为路人蜂拥而至的宝地。

　　Best of all? The company insists that the trees can charge your batteries two and a half times faster than your home charger.

　　猜猜最棒的是什么？这家公司称这些智能棕榈树的充电速度比一般的充电器快2.5倍。

　　Perfect for a night out on the town.

　　简直是晚上出去玩的神助攻。

　　Vocabulary

1 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

4 passersby   

n. 过路人(行人,经过者)

参考例句：

• He had terrorized Oxford Street,where passersby had seen only his footprints. 他曾使牛津街笼罩了一片恐怖气氛，因为那儿的行人只能看到他的脚印，看不到他的人。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• A person is marceling on a street, watching passersby passing. 街边烫发者打量着匆匆行人。

5 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。