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And now to the device that is promising1 to change our lives in a way we interact with the written word.
今天我们要谈论的是改善我们生活的物品。
Apple's new iPad goes on sale this Saturday. It's already sold out.
本周六，苹果公司的新产品iPad一上市，就立即脱销。
In a moment we are going to give you an exclusive first look at it. But first Becky Worly is here with more of the massive buzz surrounding the gadget2.
我们马上独家来了解。但首先Becky Worly将会带来更多关于这个产品的信息。
Since the moment Steve Jobs announced its arrival. (We call it the iPad.) The iPad has been both a mystery and a media icon3 at the same time.
自从Steve Jobs宣布苹果公司的新产品iPad上市。iPad就成了一个谜，并受到了媒体的追捧。
The iPad comes out on my actual birthday. It's like Steve Jobs and God get together to say we love you Phil.
iPad在我生日这天上市，就好像Steve Jobs和上帝在为我庆生一样。
Now we are just few days from people actually getting to touch the new iPad instead of just reading about it.
现在我们马上就能体验iPad，而不是阅读它的有关报道了。
I think it's probably be a game changer people have been waiting for an Apple tablet.
我认为这是苹果公司平板电脑的颠覆者。
It's kind of somewhere in between an iPhone and a PC. And I think it's a great idea.
它介于iPhone和台式电脑之间。我认为它是个不错的产品。
It's gonna take the iPod to the next level.
它完善了ipod。
Analysts4 say they expect up to 5 million iPads to fly off the shelves this year despite the starting price of $499.
专业人士认为，尽管iPad售价499美元，今年还是会有500万ipad售出。
Pre-orders have been brisk. Buyers now have to wait more than a week to get iPads from the online store.
买家必须提前预定，并等候一周时间在网上商城购买到心仪的iPad。
But that's not keeping folks from making big iPad plans.
但是这还是不能阻挡大家对于iPad的热衷。
Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania says they'll be outfitting5 every full time student with an iPad come Fall.
宾夕法尼亚州的斯腾山大学表示这个秋天，他们将会给所有全日制学生配备iPad。
If it's anything like the much-hyped iPhone, analysts say iPads might be in short supply in the early weeks, those students in Seton Hill better hope for a good place in line.
如果说iPad和被大肆宣传的iPhone有什么相似之处，那就是专家早些时候的预言，说iPad很有可能会脱销，斯腾山大学的同学也许要多等等了。
Now it's important to know that the iPad that's going on sale this weekend is the Wi-Fi only version meaning that you can only connect up to internet if you are in your home,
重要的是，现在上市的iPad都是Wi-Fi版本的，这就意味着你只能在家，
Wi-Fi networker,the hot spot, later this month throughout we are gonna see the iPads from AT&T that have that 3G cellular6 connection, they cost 130 bucks7 more and start with $15 a month data plans.
繁华地段或是其他Wi-Fi网络环境中联网。但本月晚些时候，我们将能看到3G无线连接功能的iPad，这种iPad将增加售价130美元，并配有每月15美元的套餐收费。
Overall what do you think about this packing?
你对整体的套餐有什么看法？
I think it's a big iPod touch or a big iPhone without the phone aspect. But the factor is that it's so big, gives you some really cool things you can do.
我认为iPad是加上触屏功能的iPod，或是去掉通话功能的放大版iPhone。iPad真的大了很多，允许你能做更多的事情。
So let's talk about photos.
所以，让我们来说说照片。
I can look at photos and then watch this: I can flip8 it over and it changes the orientation9, watch, I'll show you again, you can go bump and just, sorry, here here and it then flips10 the orientation as we go to that camera, really cool, right? Now what you notice right away that's amazing is the book function, so you see... (It's like reading a book?) it is true because of the color, so I am gonna open it up. We need a pull and you can see the color images and watches as I turn the page, did you see the page turning as I go? It really feels like a book.
我能观看照片，当我转动iPad的时候，照片的方向也在随之改变。看，我再向你展示一遍，你可以突然转动iPad，这样，照片的方向就跟着变了，很酷，不是吗？现在，你看到的这项神奇的功能是图书阅览功能。（这就像阅读一本书一样？）是的，这颜色就像一本书，我打开一本。我们拖动一下，你可以看到这张彩色图片，另外，当我翻页的时候，你看到正在翻动的书页了吗？这看上去真的很像一本书。
Now of course you can browse11 the internet,you can check out sites like EBay or you know what's really need to is that you can look at beautiful graphical sites like the National Geographic12 and you can pinch and pull and zoom13 in, that is neat.
我们来看iPad的上网功能，你可以轻松上Ebuy网，还能在国家地理网看这么清晰美丽的图片，甚至可以放大或缩小。
Now there are some things that are not quite ready meaning like video, that's in flash on many of these sites will not be available. (sites like, not being able to pick that up?) Not yet, but they will come soon as apps developed.
有的网站上的视频或是动画功能还不完全（还不能完全显示？）是的，但马上将会研制出对应的解决方案。
Now you know this is an amazing device where we are really gonna see innovation is gaming, scrabble that you can play against each other using iPhones and iPod touches,amazing gaming device,too.
iPad就是这样一款神奇的产品，尤其是它的游戏程序，可以连上iPhone和iPod一起玩，它的游戏功能很神奇。
I was trying to pull back but I had one when I was driving so it's get prepared for any 500 being pace cargo,but yeah, you just really had this sensation that you were driving, but newspapers, books it goes on and on and on.
我真想把它据为己有，但我家已经有一个了。但你真的会有一种引领潮流的感觉，报纸，书籍，iPad一应俱全。
It will be interesting to see how this changes media and changes the way we use our devices.
能看到它怎样来改变媒体，改变人们应用电子产品的方式真的很有趣。
All right, we have to get these back, don't we? (Yeah.) I can tell those security guards are right there.
好的，我们必须把这个样品发回去是吗？（是的）那里有保安人员在。
Thank you for the first look and we will see. So tell us what you think, go on and shot on broad at the abcnews.com.，Do we really have to get them back? (Yeah.) All right.
谢谢你向我们做的详细的介绍。所以观众们可以告诉我们你的想法，请在abcnews.com的留言板上留言给我们。
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promising
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gadget
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| n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿 | |
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icon
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analysts
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| 分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
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outfitting
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| v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的现在分词 ) | |
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cellular
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bucks
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| n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃 | |
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flip
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| vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的 | |
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orientation
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flips
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browse
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| vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草 | |
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geographic
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zoom
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| n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升 | |
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