实战口语情景对话 第698期:The Future of TV 未来电视

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?
托德：我们聊过以前的电视，那未来的电视呢？现在可以在ipod这种小屏幕设备看电视。你觉得这个怎么样？

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.
马克：对，不久前我第一次用这种设备。我觉得它们简直太棒了，真的非常好，尤其是在旅行时。至于未来的电视，几天前我刚刚看过一个比尔·盖茨的采访，他打算从电脑业转到电视业，他计划研究互动电视，这听起来很不错。未来的电视，听起来不错。

Todd: So what was he saying about interactive TV?
托德：有关互动电视他都说了些什么？

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.
马克：他谈到，也许你可以参与智力竞赛节目，回答问题，或者可以在看奥运会时选择想看哪个比赛项目，因为有时电视上放奥运会比赛时可能会播出跑步比赛、游泳比赛或是射箭比赛。如果你不想看游泳比赛，那你可以选择你想看的比赛。

Todd: Wow, that would be cool.
托德：哇，那听起来太酷了。

Mark: Yeah, and also for sports you could maybe choose your own sports team, which would be good.
马克：对，而且看体育比赛时还可以选择你支持的球队，这真是个好消息。

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.
托德：对，我还听过一种有关未来电视的设想，在网上购买电视节目以后，可以得到没有广告的电视节目。你可能只需花一美元购买节目，然后就能观看没有广告的节目了。

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.
马克：对，这很有趣，很好。我知道现在已经有一点眉目了，我希望的是可以把电脑和电视连接起来。现在已经可以做到，这样一来就可以在电视上观看下载到电脑上的节目了。

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."
托德：我们老了以后可以和孩子们说，我们那个时代要走到电视那里去旋转旋钮来换台。

Mark: Right, but it's not so long ago. Only what — 10 years, 15 years ago?
马克：对，不过其实也不是太长时间以前的事情。大概是10年或15年前吧？

Todd: I know. It's crazy.
托德：我知道。这太疯狂了。

Mark: Things are moving fast.
马克：时代进展的太快了。