科技动态:权威报纸《今日美国》有望推出手机版

It's Monday, Aug. 30th, 2010, I'm Jeff Bakalar and it's time to get loaded.

2010年8月30日周一，我是Jeff Bakalar，欢迎收看今早的节目。

CPU and graphics¹ manufacturer AMD is dropping its ATI brand which it acquired when it purchased the company. The ATI name was best known for their Radeon graphics chips. AMD however has long term plans to integrate their CPUs with graphics processing technology and fells that right now is the best time to drop the ATI brand. Strange as it sounds, that means you'll be seeing AMD processors inside iMacs.

CPU及显卡生产商AMD超微半导体公司（Advanced Micro Devices）决定放弃已并购的ATI品牌。ATI是生产Radeon显卡芯片的知名品牌。AMD的长期计划是整合其CPU和显卡技术，因此，AMD认为现在是放弃ATI品牌的时候。听起来很奇怪，这也就是说，iMac电脑将使用AMD处理器。

Apple is set to announce some new products this Wednesday. And as always, with Apple events rumors³ are abound⁴. Aside from an iOS-powered Apple TV, the most prominent rumor² seems to be a radically⁵ redesigned and significantly smalller iPod nano. Early pictures of cases seem to show a more squarish iPod without the iconic click-wheel and just a few centimeters wide.

周三，苹果公司又推出新产品。同以往一样，苹果公司的传言四起。除了苹果系统的电视外，最引人注目的就是全新设计的更小巧的ipod nano。早起产品介绍的图片展示的是有点儿方的，去掉触摸转盘，仅仅几厘米厚的小巧可携式媒体播放器。

USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper has announced that it is dramatically restructuring to focus on emerging platforms like the iPad and iPhone. The internet says USA Today has robbed the newspaper of many of its readers and ad revenues. But the company hopes that its new focus on mobile and emerging platforms will give it the edge it once had when it introduced color photos to newspapers.

《今日美国》，美国第二大报纸宣布将重组并专注于媒体的新兴平台如iPad和iPhone。网络版《今日美国》抢走了大量原先的报纸读者和广告商。但《今日美国》希望将重心转移至手机和新兴平台用户后，能将彩色图片引入到报纸中。

A report from the Financial Time says that YouTube is negotiating with Hollywood Studios to stream movies on the site for around $5 each. Google, YouTube's parent owner, has flirted⁶ with on demand rentals⁷ before, but is looking to make a big push for it now as companies like Netflix have recently signed major deals to secure content from film studios.

金融时报报道说YouTube正在同好莱坞工作室商谈网站的付费电影的问题，观看一个电影收费5美元。谷歌YouTube的所有者加紧与工作室的谈判，但情况并不乐观。因为飞网公司（全球唯一的付费视频网站）申请了版权保护。

Those are your headlines for today, I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com, and you've just been loaded.

这些就是今天的头条，我是Jeff Bakalar。欢迎关注cnet.com。

What's up? Brian Tong on here, if you want a scoop⁸ for all the good and bad inside the Apple world, then the only thing you should be watching is cnet's Applebyte. I'll give you the latest news, rumors, tips, apps of the week, and even call out the bad Apples. So watch it all at cnet.com/applebyte, and I'll see you there.

嘿！怎么了？Brian Tong在这儿。如果你想了解苹果公司的产品和配件，你唯一要做的收看cnet的Applebyte。我会告诉你一周最新鲜的资讯，流言，小贴士，甚至是告诉你什么是最差的Apple产品。敬请收看cnet.com的applebyte，到时见！

1 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

2 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

3 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 abound   

vi.大量存在；(in，with)充满，富于

参考例句：

• Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
• But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。

5 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

6 flirted   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She flirted her fan. 她急速挥动着扇子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• During his four months in Egypt he flirted with religious emotions. 在埃及逗留的这四个月期间，他又玩弄起宗教情绪来了。 来自辞典例句

7 rentals   

n.租费，租金额( rental的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• In some large hotels, the income derived from this source actually exceeds income from room rentals. 有些大旅馆中，这方面的盈利实际上要超过出租客房的盈利。 来自辞典例句
• Clerk: Well, Canadian Gifts is on the lower level. It's across from Prime Time Video Rentals. 噢，礼品店在楼下，在黄金时刻录像出租屋的对面。 来自口语例句

8 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。