02 科学技术
发明创造
dialogue
carl feels pitiful that steve jobs died of disease.
史蒂夫·乔布斯因病去世，卡尔为此觉得很遗憾。
carl: it's really a great pity about the death of steve jobs. he is such an outstanding man.
卡尔：史蒂夫·乔布斯的离世真是一个很大的遗憾，他是一位如此杰出的人！
henry: as the ceo and one of the cofounders of apple, he had made great contributions to the world.
亨利：作为苹果公司的首席执行官和创始人之一，他对世界做出了很大的贡献。
carl: have you got the apple's products?
卡尔：你用过苹果的产品吗？
henry: yes, i bought an ipod last year. it is very good. the tone quality is excellent.
亨利：是的，我去年买了一个ipod。它很好，音质非常出色。
carl: the iphone 4s is on the market now. the functions of this mobile phone are rather powerful. there's no need of a pc any more if you have this. i'm eager to get one. but i just got a cell phone several months ago.
卡尔：iphone 4s现在已经上市了，这部手机的功能相当强大。如果有了它，就用不着电脑了。我很想要一个，但是我几个月前刚买了一个手机。
henry: the ipad is good as well, very portable and easy to operate.
亨利：ipad也很不错，便于携带，操作也很简单。
carl: i'm waiting for the unveiling of the ipad 3.
卡尔：我在等ipad 3的问世呢。
henry: yes, it is worth expecting. but jobs's death may have some influences to this new product.
亨利：嗯，很值得期待。但是乔布斯的去世可能会对这个新产品造成一些影响。
carl: maybe, hoping the ipad 3 also can be designed following jobs' theory.
卡尔：也许会，希望ipad 3也能按照乔布斯的理念来设计。
notes
1. outstanding [aut?st?ndi?] adj. 杰出的，显著的
2. cofounder [k?u'faund?] n. 共同开办人，共同创立人
3. function [?f??k??n] n. 功能；v. 运行，起作用
4. portable [?p?:t?b?l] adj. 便于携带的，手提式的，轻便的
5. operate [??p?reit] v. 操作，运转；动手术；经营
6. unveil [??n?veil] v. 揭露
小贴士
i believe apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. and i look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
——steven jobs
我相信，苹果的未来将更加光明，更具创造力。我期待未来苹果的成功，也将为此尽自己的绵薄之力。
——史蒂夫·乔布斯
基因问题
dialogue
dan meets across kent in a street.
丹在街上遇到了肯特。
kent: what did you do at your weekend?
肯特：你周末干什么了？
dan: i watched a movie last night, really exciting. the title is the sixth day.
丹：我昨晚看了一部电影，非常令人兴奋，片名叫《第六日》。
kent: the sixth day? who's the starring? what's the plot?
肯特：《第六日》？是由谁主演的？什么情节？
dan: the hero is acted by schwarzenegger. it is mainly about the problems caused by clone technology.