美語情景對話 第698期:The Future of TV 未來電視

Todd: So actually we talked a little bit about TVs in the past, what about TVs of the future? Nowadays you can watch television on this very tiny screens, like the ipod video. What do you think about that?

託德：我們聊過以前的電視，那未來的電視呢？現在可以在ipod這種小屏幕設備看電視。你覺得這個怎麼樣？

Mark: Right. I've just seen one of them for the first time. I think they're fantastic. They're really great. Yeah, especially when traveling. But the future of TV, I was listening to an interviewer a few nights ago with Bill Gates and he's going to try and move from computers to TV — interactive TV — and this sounds good. Yeah, TV of the future. Sounds great.

馬克：對，不久前我第一次用這種設備。我覺得它們簡直太棒了，真的非常好，尤其是在旅行時。至於未來的電視，幾天前我剛剛看過一個比爾·蓋茨的採訪，他打算從電腦業轉到電視業，他計劃研究互動電視，這聽起來很不錯。未來的電視，聽起來不錯。

Todd: So what was he saying about interactive TV?

託德：有關互動電視他都說了些什麼？

Mark: He was talking about if it was a quiz show you could actually join in with the quiz and answer the questions, or if you were watching the Olympics then you could actually choose which events you wanted to watch, so sometimes if they are showing the olympics on TV they'll show running and then maybe they'll show swimming and maybe they'll show archery. If you didn't want to watch swimming you could choose your schedule and what to watch.

馬克：他談到，也許你可以參與智力競賽節目，回答問題，或者可以在看奧運會時選擇想看哪個比賽項目，因爲有時電視上放奧運會比賽時可能會播出跑步比賽、游泳比賽或是射箭比賽。如果你不想看游泳比賽，那你可以選擇你想看的比賽。

Todd: Wow, that would be cool.

託德：哇，那聽起來太酷了。

Mark: Yeah, and also for sports you could maybe choose your own sports team, which would be good.

馬克：對，而且看體育比賽時還可以選擇你支持的球隊，這真是個好消息。

Todd: Yeah, I actually saw another thing on TV in the future, and they we're saying because of what is happening now about buying television shows over the internet that soon there will be TV with no commercials. You just buy the program for one dollar and then you watch it without commercials.

託德：對，我還聽過一種有關未來電視的設想，在網上購買電視節目以後，可以得到沒有廣告的電視節目。你可能只需花一美元購買節目，然後就能觀看沒有廣告的節目了。

Mark: Yeah, that would be fun, yeah. That would be good. Hopefully, I want them to see them actually, I know they do a little bit, but I'd like it so you can hook up your PC to your TV as well. I know you can a little bit, so download things on your PC and then watch on the TV.

馬克：對，這很有趣，很好。我知道現在已經有一點眉目了，我希望的是可以把電腦和電視連接起來。現在已經可以做到，這樣一來就可以在電視上觀看下載到電腦上的節目了。

Todd: So when we're old and grey we'll be able to tell our children "In our day, we actually had to get up and turn the knob."

託德：我們老了以後可以和孩子們說，我們那個時代要走到電視那裏去旋轉旋鈕來換臺。

Mark: Right, but it's not so long ago. Only what — 10 years, 15 years ago?

馬克：對，不過其實也不是太長時間以前的事情。大概是10年或15年前吧？

Todd: I know. It's crazy.

託德：我知道。這太瘋狂了。

Mark: Things are moving fast.

馬克：時代進展的太快了。

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