VOA慢速英语:Electronics Among Most Popular Gifts This Year

短语讲解：

1. And that, as it turns out, here as we get close to Christmas, is what people are actually buying.

turn out结果是, 原来是
例句：He said he was a doctor; but later he turned out to be a cheat.
他自称是个医生, 结果证明他是个骗子。

2. The company is expected to release the iPad 3 next year. Jim Barry says the iPad continues to lead the way in the tablet market.

be expected to预计
例句：A big hurricane is expected to hit this weekend.
本周末将有一场猛烈的飓风袭来。

3. And, probably north of eighty percent of the tablets being sold up until now have been Apple iPads.

sell up变卖财产; 卖光
例句：I shall have to sell up to pay all my debts
我将不得不卖掉我的东西来还债。

4. Some folks thought that the popularity and success of the tablet computer would mean sales of e-book readers would go down.

go down沉下; 落下; 降低
例句：Prices began to go down.
物价开始下降。

5. So the big question on a lot of people’s minds this year was whether or not to wait for the price to come down.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。
come down (物价等)跌落
例句：The price of coal has come down this week.
本周煤价跌落下来。