VOA常速英语:Smartphone Glass Strength: The Quest To Make Glass Shatterproof

For many worldwide, smartphones are used for everything from financial transactions to social media.
对于世界各地的许多人来说，智能手机被用于从金融交易到社交媒体的方方面面。
So when screens break or crack, it can feel like life itself comes to a halt.
因此，当手机屏幕破裂时，我们会感觉生活都停止了一样。
Long-time US glassmaker corning has spent more than a decade making smartphone glass stronger.
历史悠久的美国玻璃制造商康宁花了十多年时间让智能手机玻璃变得更坚固。
These devices are typically a much higher percentage of a persons GDP.
这些设备通常占GDP的比例很高。
In emerging regions so durability and longevity of that phone becomes a much more critical feature,than other developed countries.
在新兴地区，这款手机的耐用性和寿命成为比其他发达国家重要得多的特性。
Corning founded in 1851 has pivoted with the times.
康宁公司成立于1851年，一直与时俱进。
In 1879 Thomas Edison went to Corning for glass for his light bulb.
1879年，托马斯·爱迪生去康宁为他的灯泡买玻璃。
Cornings glasses used in the windows for NASAs space shuttles.
美国宇航局航天飞机窗户上使用的是康宁玻璃。
In the 1950s corning became a household name with Corningware cookware,and Steve Jobs used it for the iphone.
二十世纪五十年代，康宁凭借康宁餐具成为家喻户晓的品牌，史蒂夫·乔布斯将其用于iPhone。
Now Corning dominates the worldwide smartphone glass industry.
现在康宁在全球智能手机玻璃行业占据主导地位。
Its latest product gorilla glass victus is even tougher says the company.
该公司表示，其最新产品“大猩猩玻璃Victus”更加坚硬。
Whenever we develop a new glass, we set the bar high.
每当我们开发一种新玻璃时，我们就把标准定得很高。
The new glass must be clearly better than our current flagship product,and far superior to the competition.
新款玻璃必须明显好于我们目前的旗舰产品，并远远优于竞争对手。
Corning said they were able to improve both drop in scratch performance,at the same time at first in the industry.
康宁表示，他们能够改善在刮痕性能方面的不良，同时在行业中率先实现这一点。
Gorilla glass victus can drop from two meters in height which is taller than I am,onto a rough surface like asphalt and has 2x better scratch performance than our previous glass.
“大猩猩玻璃Victus”可以从两米高的地方掉下来，这个高度比我还高，落在沥青等粗糙的表面上，划痕性能是我们以前的玻璃的两倍。
So the next time you drop your phone and it miraculously doesnt shatter,its most likely thanks to this company in upstate new York.
因此，下一次你掉手机时，如果手机奇迹般地没有碎掉，这很可能要归功于纽约州北部的这家公司。
Deanna Mitchell for VOA news
美国之音记者Deanna Mitchell报道