看新闻学英语：苹果新一代iPhone在日本亮相

Apple’s New iPhone Debuts in Japan

苹果新一代iPhone在日本亮相

本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2010-06-24/230571791687.html

【新闻关键字】

1. debut : n. 亮相；登台

2. queue :v. 排队

3. snap up : ph. 抢购

4. coveted : adj. 梦寐以求的

5. suspend : v. 暂停

6. straight : adv. 连续不断地

7. boost : v. 使提高

8. margin : n. 利润率

9. a slew of :ph. 许多

10. advantage over : ph. 优于

11. pixel : n. 像素

12. shipment :n. 出货

STORY:

Fans queued outside Apple’s store in Japan Thursday, as well local telecom Softbank, to snap up the latest version of its wildly popular iPhone.

周四日本的粉丝们在苹果专门店外排队，和当地电信软银，准备抢购广受欢迎的iphone最新版。

Japanese customers were the first globally to get hold of the coveted iPhone 4, which debuts in the U.S., France, Germany and the UK later on Thursday.

日本是全世界第一批可以拥有梦寐以求的iphone 4的地区，iPhone 4在周四随后也在美国、法国、德国、英文亮相。

Sales blew past expectations, with over 600,000 sold in just 24 hours of pre-orders, which Softbank suspended after three days due to overwhelming demand.

销售业绩超出市场预期，24小时前预订就有超过60万支售出，其中由于太过庞大的下单量，还导致软银暂停3天。

High school student Akira Nakazawa had waited in Tokyo’s Ginza district through heavy rains for more than a day.

高中生彰泽在东京银座的大雨中等候了超过一天。

[Akira Nakazawa, High School Student male]:

“I’ve been waiting for almost 33 hours straight since two days ago from 10 p.m. on the 22nd. The hardest part was a hard rain during yesterday. I had two umbrellas to protect my stuff and myself.”

[彰泽，男高中生]：

“我已经连续等了将近33个小时，因为我从前两天22日晚上10点就开始等了。最辛苦的部分是昨天有一场大雨。不过我有准备两支雨伞来保护我的东西，以及帮自己挡雨。”

The iPhone, launched in 2007, has boosted Apple’s margins but faces a slew of new smartphone competitors.

iPhone自2007年问世以来，大大提高了苹果公司的获利率，但也使苹果开始面临一系列新智能手机的竞争对手。

The device comes less than a month after Apple’s iPad began sales outside the U.S., which has already sold 3 million units worldwide.

这支iPhone 4在苹果的另一项产品iPad、开始在美国地区以外销售不到一个月的时间后推出。而iPad已经在全球售出三百万套了。

This customer says the new iPhone has advantages over the Apple tablet.

这位顾客表示，新版的iPhone有许多比苹果平板 (iPad) 好的优点。

[Roy Hoshino, iPhone Customer male]:

“Well, I can feel that pixel is much more than 3GS — beautiful, much more beautiful than iPad. No complaint about it.”

[罗伊星野，iPhone男顾客]：

“嗯，我可以感受画面解析度比3GS好多了。很漂亮，比iPad漂亮的多。无可挑剔。”

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