和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Apple's Lion Is Latest to Join Download-Only Trend

2011-06-17来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Apple says Lion is coming to its App Store in July.

come to来到(某地);参加(某活动)
例句:As he came to a bridge, he heard a truck approaching.
在他来到一座桥头时,他听见一辆卡车驶来。

2. Users without the current version, Snow Leopard, will have to pay an extra thirty dollars to download the new release.

pay to把某物给…
例句:Pay your entrance money to the man at the door.
向门口那个人交付入场费。

3. I think this is a case where we’re seeing the same consumer demand, say, in a phone market moving to the desktop and the same consumer demand moving into work in the enterprise.

move to移动到,搬至
例句:He is about to move to England.
他将要搬到英国去。

4. But that can also mean fewer sales for stores that depend on physical products, including most video games.

depend on依赖, 依靠; 取决于
例句:All living things depend on the sun for their growth.
万物靠太阳生长。

5. But Dave Wolf says the cost savings are a big help to small businesses trying to reach a wide market.

try to设法
例句:He has been trying to solve the problem.
他一直在设法解决这一问题。

6. I think it’s a boon to small software companies and entrepreneurs who have incredible ideas and want to get them out to market.

get out (使)出来,(使)出去
例句:You work too hard! You should get out a bit more!
你工作太辛苦了!你应该多出去活动活动!

7. He says the Internet radio service Pandora, for example, can offer free music because it has no costs of selling discs in stores.

for example例如, 譬如
例句:I know many women who have a career and a family—Kehr for example.
我知道有许多妇女能事业家庭兼顾——凯尔就是其中之一。

8. The idea is to save money by storing software on somebody else's servers in large data centers.

save money省钱
例句:We save money for a rainy day.
我们存钱是为了将来急用。