VOA慢速英语:A Whole New World, Brought to Us by Gizmos and Gadgets

1.As the year comes to an end, we talk about some of the top technology developments of the last ten years.

come to an end结束 结束,终止

例句：All good things must come to an end.
      天下无不散之筵席。

2. Digital music players got smaller in size but large enough for people to download their entire music collections.

enough用法

A 在形容词之后使用：

He failed the exam because it wasn't easy enough.

他考虑不及格，因为题不够轻易。（不说 enough easy）

B 在名词之前使用：

He didn' t buy the car because he didn't have enough money.

他没买那部车，因为他没有足够的钱。

C 可以用在 enough… for sb．/sth．和 enough… to do sth．结构之中：

She hasn't got enough money for a holiday.

她没有足够的钱去度假。

This dress isn't big enough for her.

这件衣服对她来说不够大。

She's not old enough to live alone.

她未到独自生活的年纪。

3.He says the technological developments of the twenty-first century have brought about some historic advances in consumer electronics.

bring about造成, 引起〔导致〕(某事)

例句：Gambling had brought about his ruin.
      赌博终于毁了他。

      Major changes will have to be brought about in British industry.
      英国工业必须实行重大改革。

4.The life cycle of these products are so much shorter.

much修饰比较级

修饰比较是副词much的常见用法，“much + 比较级”的意思是“更……”“……得多”。如：

It’s much colder today than it was yesterday. 今天比昨天冷得多。

It was much worse than I thought. 它比我想像的还要糟得多。

We will be a much better football team next year. 明年我们将会成为一支更好的足球队。